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Sociology 1 Question and answers already passed Sociology- Deviance Deviance - correct answer recognized violation of cultural norms; deviating from the norm Crime - correct answer violation of a society's formally enacted into criminal law by a locality, state, or a federal government ...

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Sociology- Deviance
Deviance - correct answer ✔recognized violation of cultural norms; deviating
from the norm


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


social control - correct answer ✔attempts by society to regulate people's
thoughts and behavior.


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


Theories of Deviance - correct answer ✔1. Biological theories
2. Psychological theories
3. Sociological theories


Biological Theories - correct answer ✔- focus on individual abnormality
- explain human behaviors as the result of biological instincts


Psychological Theories - correct answer ✔- focus on individual abnormality
- see deviance as the result of "unsuccessful socialization"


Sociological Theories - correct answer ✔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 - correct answer ✔the idea that deviance and conformity
result not only from what people do but from how others respond to those
actions


Labeling Theory - correct answer ✔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 - correct answer ✔the mark of social disgrace that often involves
putting a person through a degradation ceremony


Medical of deviance - correct answer ✔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 - correct answer ✔said deviance affirms cultural values,
clarifies moral boundaries, promotes social unity (brings people together),
encourages social change, and opens lines in communication


Merton's Strain Theory - correct answer ✔deviant behavior is linked to social
cultural goals and the means available to achieve them.


Differential association theory - correct answer ✔Sutherland's links deviance
to how much others encourage or discourage such behavior

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