Deviant Behavior Test 1 Questions and Answers

Deviant Behavior Test 1 Questions and Answers sociological concept of deviance was - Answer-unknown before the 1950s 2.Scholars studying deviance are interested in - Answer-All of the above _______ definition of deviance asserts that deviance is in the eye of the beholder - Answer-reactivist of the following is true about norms? - Answer-created by society two definitions of deviance can complement one another? - Answer-reactivist/normative 6.Tim and Cali would be considered deviant according to the __________ definition of deviance even though they have never used curse-words, have never drunken alcohol, and have never engaged in pre marital sex - Answer-statistical 7.The authors of your textbook assert that the _______ conception of deviance ignores many facets of social life by asserting that there are culture-free standards of behavior that are universally held regardless of time period or social context. - Answer-absolutist 8._______ norms tell people what they ought not do - Answer-proscriptive 9. Stan notices a sign in a restaurant bathroom that states, "Employees must wash hands before returning to work." This sign is an example of a _______ norm - Answer-prescriptive 10. There are various norms that students are expected to follow (attend class, study regularly, etc.). The collection of norms that convey societal expectations for students or any other social position are called - Answer-social rules 11. _____ argued that deviance was normal in society and that no society could rid itself of it. - Answer-Durkheim 12. Which of the following statements is true? - Answer-highly stratified societies create more criteria in which to make judgements about deviance than less stratified societies 13. _______ indicates an ability to successfully promote particular norms to the exclusion of other, competing norms - Answer-norm promotion