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Sociology- Deviance Exam Questions with Complete Solutions (Rated A+)

Deviance - Answers recognized violation of cultural norms; deviating from the norm

Crime - Answers violation of a society's formally enacted into criminal law by a locality, state, or a
federal government

social control - Answers attempts by society to regulate people's thoughts and behavior.

criminal justice system - Answers the organizations (police, courts, and prison officials) that is
responsible for reacting to alleged violations of societal law

Theories of Deviance - Answers 1. Biological theories

2. Psychological theories

3. Sociological theories

Biological Theories - Answers - focus on individual abnormality

- explain human behaviors as the result of biological instincts

Psychological Theories - Answers - focus on individual abnormality

- see deviance as the result of "unsuccessful socialization"

Sociological Theories - Answers view of all behaviors -deviance as well as conformity- as products of
society

-what is deviant varies from place to place according to cultural norms

- behavior and individuals become deviant as others define them that way

-what and who a society defines as deviant reflects who has and does not have social power

Labeling Theory - Answers the idea that deviance and conformity result not only from what people do
but from how others respond to those actions

Labeling Theory - Answers claims that deviance depends less on what some or others react to that
behavior. If people respond to primary deviance by secondary deviance and a deviant career may result.

Stigma - Answers the mark of social disgrace that often involves putting a person through a degradation
ceremony

Medical of deviance - Answers the transformation of moral and legal deviance into a medical condition
In practice, this means a change replacing "good" and "bad" with "sick" and "well"

Emile Durkheim - Answers said deviance affirms cultural values, clarifies moral boundaries, promotes
social unity (brings people together), encourages social change, and opens lines in communication

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