Deck 2: An Integrated Typology of Deviance Applied to Ten Middle-Class Norms

Question 1

According to Heckert/Heckert's typology, negative deviance is

A) overconformity that is positively evaluated.
B) overconformity that is negatively evaluated.
C) underconformity that is positively evaluated.
D) underconformity that is negatively evaluated.

Answer 1

underconformity that is negatively evaluated.

Question 2

According to Heckert/Heckert's typology, deviance admiration refers to

A) overconformity that is positively evaluated.
B) overconformity that is negatively evaluated.
C) underconformity that is positively evaluated.
D) underconformity that is negatively evaluated.

Answer 2

underconformity that is positively evaluated.

Question 3

According to Heckert/Heckert's typology, rate busting refers to

A) overconformity that is positively evaluated.
B) overconformity that is negatively evaluated.
C) underconformity that is positively evaluated.
D) underconformity that is negatively evaluated.

Answer 3

overconformity that is negatively evaluated.

Question 4

According to Heckert/Heckert's typology, positive deviance is

A) underconformity that is negatively evaluated.
B) underconformity that is positively evaluated.
C) overconformity that is negatively evaluated.
D) overconformity that is positively evaluated.

Question 5

Examples of apostasy, middle-class negative deviance related to the norm of group loyalty, are

A) treason, revolution, draft dodging, flag defilement.
B) revolution, treason, atheism, homosexuality.
C) family desertion, alcoholism, price-fixing, flag defilement.
D) homicide, treason, suicide, draft dodging.

Question 6

Examples of fanaticism, middle-class rate busting related to the norm of group loyalty, are

A) Stepford wives, hermits, loners, KKK.
B) loners, Amish, Martha Stewart, too honest with friends.
C) Amish, workaholics, Howard Hughes, brownnosers.
D) religious cults, KKK, super-patriots, Aryan Nation.

Question 7

Examples of rebellion, middle-class deviance admiration related to the norm of group loyalty, are

A) James Dean, Vietnam draft-resistor, tattoos, extreme sports.
B) Vietnam draft-resistor, transvestite, gay rights movement, explorers.
C) American Revolution, body-piercing, explorers, investigative journalism.
D) Pentagon papers, Vietnam draft-resistor, James Dean, American Revolution.

Question 8

Examples of altruism, middle-class positive deviance related to the norm of group loyalty, are

A) Terrorist bombers, Kamikaze pilots, martyrs, patriots.
B) CIA operatives, Junior League members, monks, overachievers.
C) FBI agents, priests, Abe Lincoln, discrete friends.
D) CIA operatives, FBI agents, monks, martyrs.

Question 9

Discuss 3 types of positive deviance related to at least 3 middle class norms. Provide examples of each.

Question 10

Discuss 3 types of negative deviance related to at least 3 middle class norms with examples.

Question 11

Explain how rate busting can be defined as deviant behavior. Identify and discuss three examples of rate busting deviance.