A young girl in middle school decides,for the first time,not to attend school today because she has a test.What would sociologist Edwin Lemert call this initial act of rule breaking?
A) primary deviance
B) secondary deviance
C) residual deviance
D) undetected deviance

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Edwin Lemert would call this initial act of rule breaking primary deviance. This is because it is a one-time occurrence and does not reflect a larger pattern of deviant behavior.

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