Lesson Flashcard 7-3: Deviance and Social Control

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Which theory states that deviance is relative and depends on who or what group is defining the deviant behavior?

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labeling theory

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Primary deviance occurs when a person engages only in an isolated act of deviance.

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engages only in an isolated act of deviance.

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Students in George’s sixth-grade class avoid him because they know his father is in prison for auto theft. This is an example of

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a stigma

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Which theory suggests that associating with a group of teenagers who shoplift increases the likelihood of becoming a shoplifter? Options: control theory, differential association theory, labeling theory, retreatism theory.

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differential association theory