Chapter 7: Deviance Test

Which of the following is true about deviance?

• Deviance can only affect society in negative ways.
• Some societies have eliminated deviance altogether.
• It is easy to identify deviant behavior.
• Ideas of deviance can change from one social context to another.

White collar crime is typically punished far leniently than other types of crime. True or False.

• True

• False

What is a group's formal and informal means of enforcing norms called?

• social solidarity
• the social imperative
• social control
• social bond

What term refers to rewards or punishments used to enforce conformity to norms?

• corrections
• sanctions
• social controls
• anomie

Sociologists call an action that rewards a particular kind of behavior a(n)

• internalization
• anomie
• positive sanction
• formal sanction

Which of the 4 deviant responses outlined in strain theory would describe someone who finds illegal ways to achieve culturally appropriate goals? 

• Rebellion
• Retreatism
• Ritualism
• Innovation

Which of the 4 deviant responses outlined in strain theory would describe someone who acts like they want to succeed, but doesn't actually make an effort?

• Rebellion
• Retreatism
• Ritualism
• Innovation

Which of the 4 deviant responses outlined in strain theory would describe someone who finds new ways to achieve new goals? 

• Rebellion
• Retreatism
• Ritualism
• Innovation

Which theory would say that you learn deviant behavior from your significant others, the same way you learn other social norms. 

• Control Theory
• Strain Theory
• Differential Association Theory
• Labeling Theory

What theory would say that deviance is most likely when there is a gap between culturally appropriate goals and the legitimate inability to reach those goals? 

• Control Theory
• Strain Theory
• Differential Association Theory
• Labeling Theory