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Chapter 6 Practice Quiz
Deviance and Crime
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Disagreement about norms usually means that they are what?
Unrealistic
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Resources
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Flawed
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Contested
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Innovative
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What term do sociologists use to describe a campaign designed to arouse concern over an issue or group?
Moral uproar
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Immoral action
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Moral deviance
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Moral panic
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Moral normal
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Which is not a stigma identified by Goffman?
bodily stigmata
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moral stigmata
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mental stigmata
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tribal stigmata
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A-D are each examples of stigmata identified by Goffman
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Which of the following statements about deviance is true?
Deviance varies from culture to culture.
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Deviance changes over time.
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Deviance varies within cultures.
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A behaviour may be seen as deviant depending on who defines it.
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All of the above statements are true.
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Who coined the term "impression management"?
Emily Murphy
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Max Weber
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Robert Merton
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Erving Goffman
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Émile Durkheim
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What is a heteronormative bias?
A bias that sees homosexuality as desirable
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A bias that gives preference to bisexuality
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A position that views any sexual behaviour as normal
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A bias that favours heterosexual standards and behaviour
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A position that views any sexual behaviour as abnormal
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Who developed labelling theory?
Howard Becker
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Albert Cohen
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Edwin Sutherland
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Robert Merton
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Karl Marx
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What is the main theme in J. M. Smith's book,
Ireland's
Magdalene
Laundries and the Nation's Architecture of containment
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mentally disturbed people as deviants
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people with disability as deviants
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gay men as deviants
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women as social deviants
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racial minorities as deviants
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Which theory identifies a disconnect between society's culturally defined goals and the uneven distribution of the means necessary to achieve those goals?
Strain theory
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Labelling theory
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Subcultural theory
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Control theory
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Differential association theory
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Class bias is at the centre of which hypothesis?
farm-to-table hypothesis
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schools-to-work hypothesis
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-life-and-death hypothesis
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schools-to-prison hypothesis
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prison-to-society hypothesis
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Racial profiling, although morally and ethically wrong, is not illegal.
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Some conspiracy theorists claimed Greta Thunberg received undue attention due as she is on the autism spectrum.
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Having a criminal record might carry with it a stigma.
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In order for an act to be considered deviant, somebody in a position of power has to define the act as such.
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"Punishing" disability by failing to accommodate differences in physical ability is seen as an act of omission.
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Greta Thunberg unknowingly participated in demonstrably deviant behavior.
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Generally, the norms of society are uncontested.
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Greta Thunberg undertook this deviant course of action due to peer pressure.
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Edward Said's study called orientalism discusses the negative characterization of the Middle East by mainstream Western culture.
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Contrary to popular belief, sanctions are almost always negative.
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