Exam 1: Introduction to the Study of Deviant Behavior

Discuss, using examples, the differences between social norms and social roles.

Physicist Dr. Stephen Hawking, with a number of honorary degrees and prestigious accomplishments, including the publication of A Brief History of Time, is a good example of someone enacting ______ deviance.

When assessing deviant behavior, it must be considered as a phenomenon separate from the processes of globalization.

Emile Durkheim suggested that deviant behavior is an essential part of society.

The prohibition against marriage between siblings is an example of ______.

A young adult who cannot successfully complete classes begins selling drugs to their former classmates. They feel a sense of belonging they lacked before. Which latent function of deviant behavior does this represent?

If I focus on defining deviance as human behavior that violates generally accepted norms, I am using the ______ perspective to define deviance.

Idiosyncratic forms of deviance are more common than patterned forms of deviance.

How is routine deviance different from innovative deviance?

When is the situational approach to defining deviance most useful?

Deviance is fundamentally a social construction.

Discuss, using examples, the major consequences of globalization suggested by Giddens.

Elijah is a(n) ______ deviant, because he persistently engages in compulsive gambling across a wide range of social situations.

Deviance plays a vital role in the economy of a society.

Spray painting graffiti on police cars is a form of ______ deviance.

How are expectational norms different from behavioral norms?

How are processes of globalization related to deviance?

Identify aspects of the situational approach to defining deviance.

Emile Durkheim suggested that crime and deviance are pathological elements of society.

According to Sumner, what determines whether behavior violates folkways, mores, or laws?