Pearson Sociology ch. 17 quiz study guide (Social deviance) – Flashcards
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Danny really wants to try out for the school musical. When he gets the lead role, his macho, athletic group of friends treats him as an outcast. This is an example of ......
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Negative affirmations
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...... is socially deviant and ...... is statistically deviant.
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Stealing; not having a cell phone
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Which of the following statement best explains the relationship between norms and sanctions?
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Violating social norms is likely to result in informal sanctions.
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Which movement could be classified as a current attempt to regulate morality?
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anti-bullying campaign
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Regulating moral behavior has been closely connected to the interests of the .... and in maintaining .....
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powerful; social order
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Within three months of the WCTU pray-in December 1873, taverns closed in over ...... communities.
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75
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according to the logic of hagan's punishment pyramid, behaviors are most likely to be outlawed in the criminal code and be aggressively enforced by the police when they
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Have broad popular support and are viewed as socially harmful
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Which situations would be similar to the intent of the Boyle Act of 1904?
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requiring a prescription for over the counter medication
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Policies and actions carried out by government officials in their official capacities are known as .....
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state deviance
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When gays and lesbians began to "come out of the closet" and tell friends and family about their sexual orientation, it made it more difficult, according to deviance theory, for the moral crusade against same-sex relationships to succeed as labeling them as deviant for which of the following reasons.
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As "out" gays and lesbians became more numerous, the visibly growing size of the group challenged the view hat only a small number of people were gay, and almost everyone would come to know at least one friend of family member who was gay
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Polygamy is illegal in the United States. Using the ideas of Howard Becker, what conclusions can you draw?
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At one time polygamy was probably considered normal or legal, then at some point attitudes changed and a social construct that said polygamy was deviant was created.
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How would a sociologist view guerrilla warfare?
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As a common way of fighting a war when one side has much more military power than the other
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Police officers have enormous power to determine what is criminal deviance because...
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They can choose to overlook minor criminal activity if they think it is not very important or the perpetrators are harmless
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Which theory of deviance would best explain why police officers sometimes arrest people for possessing small amounts of marjuana but not alcohol?
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Labeling theory
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Given what we know about the history of successful moral crusades, what are we likely to see it the future
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fewer such successful crusades
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Fines, arrests, and prison sentences are considered
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formal sanctions
