Sociology of Deviant Behavior
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Course Introduction
Sociology of Deviant Behavior explores the social construction of deviance, examining how societies define, categorize, and respond to behaviors deemed outside the norm. The course investigates the causes and consequences of deviant actions from various sociological perspectives, such as functionalism, conflict theory, and symbolic interactionism. Topics include crime, drug use, mental illness, sexual behavior, and other forms of social nonconformity, with emphasis on the roles of culture, socialization, power, and inequality in shaping definitions and reactions to deviance. Students will critically analyze the impact of labeling, stigma, and social control mechanisms on individuals and groups within different cultural and historical contexts.
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Deviant Behavior 12th Edition by Alex Thio
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Chapter 1: What Is Deviant Behavior
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Q1) Early criminologists believed deviance was intrinsically real because they believed criminals possessed
A)a superior way of life.
B)the same biological traits found in non-criminals.
C)a distinctive set of labels that set them apart from non-criminals.
D)certain biological traits absent in non-criminals.
Answer: D
Q2) ___________ behavior is any behavior considered deviant by public consensus,which may range from the maximum to the minimum.
Answer: Deviant
Q3) A judge who takes a guilty person's unfortunate family background into consideration before passing sentence is viewing deviance from a __________ perspective.
Answer: positivist
Q4) It is the _________ "deviant"-not the act itself-that makes the individual deviant. Answer: label
Q5) The __________ approach believes that deviant behavior is a natural disposition. Answer: positivist
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Chapter 2: Positivist Theories
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Q1) Joe is a sociologist who is undertaking a study of drug use.He is interested in how broken families and poor neighborhoods lead to more problems of drug addiction.Joe is following a __________ theory of deviant behavior.
A)positivist
B)constructionist
C)scientific
D)historical
Answer: A
Q2) Merton's ritualists and retreatists have one thing in common,which is the absence of high success goals in their lives.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Which of the following is NOT a primarily positivist theory of deviance?
A)differential association
B)anomie-strain theory
C)control theory
D)phenomenological theory
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Constructionist Theories
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Q1) There is a significant discrepancy between the law on the books and the law in action.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) This theoretical perspective attributes deviance to the unequal distribution of resources brought about by the exploitative capitalist system.
A)postmodernist theory
B)legal reality theory
C)social reality theory
D)Marxist theory
Answer: D
Q3) Which of the following is not an example of a theme of Jordan and Cowan's warrior narratives?
A)Deviant acts
B)Power
C)Emotional vulnerability
D)Emotional suppression
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Physical Violence
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Q1) In the summer,the number of assaults increases only slightly,but homicide rises significantly.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Murder is an especially serious type of deviance because
A)it is the type of deviance most involving strangers.
B)it totally disgusts most Americans.
C)its cost to the victim is forever irreparable.
D)it is a widespread form of deviance.
Q3) Saturday night is the most popular day of the week for committing murder.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Aggravated assault involves an atrocious attack with the intent to kill or the use of a deadly weapon.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Firearms in themselves cannot cause homicide because they are simply a means to kill.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Sexual Assault and Child Molestation
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Q1) Influenced by the culture of rape,a man whose wife has been raped tends to
A)respect or love her more than before.
B)respect or love her as much as before.
C)respect or love her less than before.
D)scold her for having cheated on him.
Q2) One reason why Church leaders failed to dismiss offending priests from their jobs is
A)a lack of trust in the verifiability of children's testimonies.
B)a belief that the behavior was not sinful.
C)a fear that women and married men would have to become priests.
D)the church's culture of secrecy and forgiveness.
Q3) All of the following are factors that lead to more rape-prone campuses,except for A)mandatory membership in fraternities.
B)a tradition of heavy drinking.
C)not seriously dealing with sexual assault.
D)rampant homophobia.
Q4) One expression of the U.S.culture of rape is when women are treated as men's
Q5) Most child molesters are __________ with their victims.
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Chapter 6: Family Violence
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Q1) Though mandatory arrest policies have sent a message to society and battering men that the society does not approve of their actions,
A)in practice these mandatory arrests are rarely carried out by police officers.
B)there is thus far little evidence that arrest is very effective in reducing violence in these specific relationships.
C)these mandatory arrests rarely lead to a conviction of any kind.
D)evidence suggests that battering has in fact risen since mandatory arrests were implemented.
Q2) There is a relationship between family violence and poverty.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following statements about those who abuse the elderly is NOT true?
A)The abusers have severe personal problems such as drug addiction or alcoholism.
B)They are beset with money problems.
C)They are largely male.
D)They are stressed by the need to care for both children and an elderly parent.
Q4) Women who are economically __________ have a higher propensity to leave their abusive partners.
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Chapter 7: Suicide and Self-Harm
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Q1) In practically all countries,men are more prone to suicide than women.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The high rise in youthful suicide over the last 40 years has resulted from
A)a great decline in social integration and regulation in teen life.
B)the worsening of the nation's economy.
C)a dramatic increase in publicity about suicide.
D)a substantial increase in school pressure.
Q3) To phenomenological sociologists,the official statistics are seriously unreliable.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Research has shown a positive correlation between suicide rates and the air time of this genre of music.
A)classical
B)country
C)rock and roll
D)heavy metal
Q5) ________ as a life crisis has gotten worse over the last 40 years,leading to a huge rise in the numbers of suicide.
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Chapter 8: Mental Disorder
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Q1) According to the latest national survey,nearly __________ percent of all adult Americans have experienced at least one episode of psychiatric disorder during their lifetime.
A)10
B)20
C)30
D)50
Q2) The majority of people who suffer from mental disorders appear __________.
Q3) The most prominent feature of a personality disorder is
A)a blatant disregard for society's rules.
B)feelings of sadness,dejection,and self-deprecation.
C)phobias and other fears.
D)thinking and talking in unconventional,illogical,or ambiguous ways.
Q4) Which of the following is NOT a myth about mental illness?
A)Most persons are more likely to experience depression during the summer months.
B)Mentally ill persons are extremely weird.
C)There is a sharp,clear distinction between "mentally ill" and "mentally healthy."
D)Mental illness is hopeless,mostly incurable.
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Chapter 9: Heterosexual Deviance
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Q1) Compare and contrast the functionalist and social-psychological perspectives on prostitution.What does each theory say about the causes of prostitution? Which view seems correct?
Q2) Less than 40 percent of all working women experience actual sexual harassment.
A)True
B)False
Q3) After an affair,most often the husband and wife
A)divorce.
B)do whatever they can to save their marriage.
C)react violently to their spouse's behavior.
D)continue the affair.
Q4) Which of the following statements reflects the primary conservative position on sex education mentioned in the textbook?
A)Schools should not be involved in any kind of sex education.
B)Schools should teach both abstinence from sex and contraception.
C)Schools should teach about contraception only.
D)Schools should teach only abstinence from sex.
Q5) Most prostitutes enter the trade out of economic necessity.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Gays and Other Targets of Stigma
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Q1) Practically all parents are __________ when they find out their son or daughter is gay.
Q2) Many people who get tattoos select designs that conform to conventional aesthetics and commit themselves to a conventional lifestyle.The reason for these behaviors is to
A)show to others that they are somehow disreputable.
B)express their desire for freedom from a middle-class way of life.
C)de-stigmatize the tattoos and maintain a middle-class status.
D)have tattoos that others will see as "cooler" than others.
Q3) For most disabled people,the totality of themselves is in their disability.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The greater promiscuity among gay men has to do with their A)rejection of females.
B)homosexuality.
C)male gender role.
D)hormone levels.
Q5) The gays' anti-AIDS crusade gained respect from the general public when it helped to slow the spread of the disease among __________.
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Q6) __________ is seen as something bad and discrediting by others.
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Chapter 11: Internet Deviance
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Q1) About ________ billion dollars are spent each year on Internet gambling.
A)1
B)6
C)44
D)61
Q2) All of the following are features of cyberstalking,EXCEPT that cyberstalkers
A)can harass people anywhere in the world.
B)can cause people serious emotional and physical harms through the spread of rumors online.
C)usually cyberstalk persons they know.
D)usually make themselves known to the persons they are tormenting.
Q3) Most persons visiting Internet porn sites are sex-crazed teenagers.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3)is a sector belonging to which of the following institutions?
A)the National Institute of Justice
B)the United States National Guard
C)the CIA
D)the FBI
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Chapter 12: Drug Use
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Q1) Since the 1960s,professional athletes,movie stars,celebrities,business executives,and the like have turned marijuana into a status drug.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Compare and contrast two different illegal drugs based on their effect,cost,illegality,and most frequent user.That is,based on the two drugs you choose,how are they similar and how do they differ?
Q3) The anti-marijuana law passed by Congress in 1937 was,in effect,an anti-__________ law.
A)Chinese
B)Black
C)Anglo
D)Hispanic
Q4) The use of marijuana is popular among the higher income strata.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Because it was extremely expensive as well as difficult to obtain in the past,__________ was never as popular as cocaine.
Q6) In reality,__________ drugs are more dangerous than illegal drugs.
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Chapter 13: Drinking and Alcoholism
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Q1) According to sociologists,alcoholism develops from a social situation where psychologically vulnerable persons are pressured by drinking companions to drink heavily.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The increased power and freedom __________ enjoy has led to more drinking today.
Q3) Perhaps because of their drinking culture,Irish-Americans manage to have a relatively low rate of alcoholism.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following is a social consequence of alcohol abuse?
A)higher death rates
B)alcoholic myopathy
C)a loss of sexual performance
D)higher rates of criminal offenses
Q5) Sociologists argue that,while culture can shape drinking patterns,alcoholism is due to personal problems and deficits.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Why did Prohibition fail?
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Chapter 14: Privileged Deviance
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Q1) Which of the following is a type of election impropriety?
A)abusing the frank
B)political theft
C)receiving contributions in return for favors
D)government violence
Q2) List and explain the three causes of white-collar deviance discussed in the textbook.
Q3) In the social profile of corporate crooks,the text's author lists many activities conducted by U.S.corporations,including moving corporate headquarters to avoid taxes,stacking the board of directors,and giving campaign contributions to candidates of both parties.What make these practices important is that they are
A)illegal.
B)legal.
C)harmful to corporations.
D)helpful to the general public.
Q4) Many workers who steal from their employers do so to keep their jobs interesting and challenging.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 15: Underprivileged Deviance
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Q1) Compare and contrast professional robbery and one of the forms of amateur robbery.How are they the same and different in terms of motive,planning,value of stolen items,and success?
Q2) Apprehension is most likely to which of the following robbers?
A)addict robbers
B)alcoholic robbers
C)professional robbers
D)opportunist robbers
Q3) Which of the following is part of organized crime's code of conduct?
A)loyalty to other members of the group
B)a willingness to act in extreme ways
C)membership in the Catholic religion
D)sophisticated dress and life-style
Q4) Like robbers,burglars confront their victims.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Most professional robbers consider their work legitimate.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Robbery is simultaneously both a(n)__________ and a violent crime.
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