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Social Deviance MCQ

The perception that african americans are lawbreakers began __________.

Middle-class white women

Statistically deviant

In the early twentieth century

White-collar crime

Answer

Correct Answer: In the early twentieth century

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Simply put, to be a deviant entails __________.

Violating a rule that brings with it the disapproval of others

Clearly significant gaps between racial groups along social and economic dimensions

Answer

Correct Answer: Violating a rule that brings with it the disapproval of others

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Compared to affluent people, the actions of poor people are more likely to be criminalized.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Talking to oneself and robbing a bank are both deviant acts.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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It is not possible for deviance to exist unless ______.

We have inherently criminal individuals

Society has a mechanism for incarcerating deviants

People have a shared understanding of what is appropriate

There are weak social norms

Answer

Correct Answer: People have a shared understanding of what is appropriate

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Deviance is the term for ______.

Socially disapproved behavior

Bad actions

Criminal acts

Institutionalized crime

Answer

Correct Answer: Socially disapproved behavior

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According to the textbook, which of the following is an element of deviance?

Indication

Reflection

Indignation

Expectation

Answer

Correct Answer: Expectation

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Which perspective maintains that deviance often occurs when individuals lack legitimate means to achieve socially approved goals?

Criminalization

Medicalization

The labeling theory

The strain theory

Answer

Correct Answer: The strain theory

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Capital punishment is based on the ______ theory of explaining the prevention of deviant behavior.

Labeling

Deterrence

Strain

Relativist

Answer

Correct Answer: Deterrence

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Someone who believes murder is always wrong, without exception, takes a(n) ______ approach to the issue of murder.

Absolutist

Relativist

Mosaic

Medicalized

Answer

Correct Answer: Absolutist

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According to deterrence theories, in order for punishments to effectively prevent deviance, they should be ______.

Severe and swift

Rehabilitative and mildly punitive

Concerned with the consequences of labelling

Focused on recidivism

Answer

Correct Answer: Severe and swift

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This approach to defining deviance rests on the assumption that deviance is socially created by collective human judgments and ideas.

Individualistic

Collective

Relativism

Absolutism

Answer

Correct Answer: Relativism

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Approach to defining deviance that rests on the assumption that deviance is socially created by collective human judgments and ideas is called Relativism

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Medicalization is a definition of behavior as a medical problem, mandating the medical profession to provide some kind of treatment for it

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Theory stating that deviance is the consequence of the application of rules and sanctions to an offender; a deviant is an individual to whom the identity “deviant” has been successfully applied is called

Labeling theory

Non Labeling theory

Productive theory

Non productive theory

Answer

Correct Answer: Labeling theory

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Behavior, ideas, or attributes of an individual or group that some people in society find _______ is called deviance

Happiness

Offensive

Good

None of above

Answer

Correct Answer: Offensive

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Theory of deviance positing that people will be prevented from engaging in a deviant act if they judge the costs of such an act to outweigh its benefits is called Deterrence theory

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Official definition of an act of deviance as a crime is called Criminalization

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Approach to defining deviance that rests on the assumption that all human behavior can be considered either inherently good or inherently bad is called absolutism

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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