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14 Cards in this Set
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Which of the following would be considered deviant in American society?
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all of the above
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What happens to a person once he or she is known to have violated an important norm?
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A change takes place in the way he or she is perceived.
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Which one of the following theorists argued that deviance is normal and is an "integral part of all healthy societies"?
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Durkheim
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The basic idea behind labeling theory is that
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deviance arises not so much from what people do as how others respond to what they do.
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Using Merton’s modes of adaptation, a bureaucrat who insists on rigid applications of all rules and regulations—even the most petty one—would be considered a(n)
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ritualist.
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What is the medicalization of deviance?
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the transformation of moral and legal issues into medical matters
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The Japanese kamikaze of World War II would best fit into which type of suicide?
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altruistic
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What is the term for crimes committed by persons of high social positions in the course of their occupations?
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white-collar crimes
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Regarding white-collar crime, which of the following is false?
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When white-collar criminals are charged and convicted, they usually go to jail.
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According to the social-conflict paradigm, who and what is labeled as deviant depends primarily upon
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relative power.
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From the labeling point of view, deviance is
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the application of a socially constructed label.
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With its emphasis on social-control agencies having the power to assign deviant labels, labeling theory is most strongly influenced by which of the major theoretical perspectives?
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conflict theory
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Choose from the following list the one item that is not a reason why societies punish offenders.
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economy
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Select the one true answer among the following.
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Deviance is inevitable in all societies.
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