Question 1

Until the Supreme Court decision of June, 2015, Chris could marry Robin in some but not all states only if one of them was male and the other female. This is an example of the chapter's assertion that _____ shows that deviance is relative.

Accepted Answer

differential treatment of similar behavior by different categories of people within a single society

Question 2

According to a 2010 taxpayer attitude survey, _____ of people believe that it is acceptable to cheat on income taxes.

Accepted Answer

12%

Question 3

According to _____, deviance gives the nondeviants a sense of solidarity by reasserting the importance of the rule being violated.

Accepted Answer

Emile Durkheim

Question 4

Crime, according to Durkheim's point of view, is a _____ function for society, because it serves to reaffirm the legitimacy of the society and creates the boundaries for what is acceptable behavior.

Accepted Answer

positive

Question 5

Evidence that deviance is a(n) _____ is found in the fact that societies differ on what is considered deviance.

Accepted Answer

a relative, not an absolute, notion

Question 6

One psychological theory is that deviants tend to be _____, who are asocial, aggressive, and impulsive.

Accepted Answer

psychopaths

Question 7

According to Durkheim, the true function of punishment is to

Accepted Answer

reassert the importance of the rule being violated.

Question 8

_____ theories consider the source of deviance to be conditions of the individual's mind or personality.

Accepted Answer

Psychological

Question 9

By punishing deviants, the group expresses collective indignation and reaffirms its commitments to the rules. This illustrates which of the five important principles of deviance described in the chapter?

Accepted Answer

Deviance is an integral part of all societies.

Question 10

Within a society, certain groups have more _____ than others, so they have more success in getting their definitions of deviance to prevail.

Accepted Answer

power

Question 11

Violators of important social norms are often _____; that is, they are set apart by being socially disgraced.

Accepted Answer

stigmatized

Question 12

Caesare Lombroso's biological theory that criminals _____ has been substantially discredited.

Accepted Answer

represent a throwback to an earlier stage of human development

Question 13

Deviance is _____, meaning that social organizations create definitions of right and wrong by originating norms, the infraction of which constitutes deviance.

Accepted Answer

socially constructed

Question 14

The term "deviance" refers to

Accepted Answer

behavior that does not conform to social expectations.

Question 15

Who wrote a book about how the Internet has upped the ante regarding deviance and public shame?

Accepted Answer

Daniel Solove

Question 16

The chapter notes that "Web sites are increasingly naming names, or at least posting descriptions, pictures, and license plate numbers, of people supposedly caught in the act of violating social norms." These types of Web sites are also known as

Accepted Answer

shame sites.

Question 17

Which of the following scenarios from the chapter illustrates the point that violators of important social norms are often stigmatized?

Accepted Answer

Because states make sex offender registries public, anyone can look online and find names, addresses, and pictures of the sex offenders in his or her state or neighborhood.

Question 18

In a heterogeneous society, what constitutes deviance

Accepted Answer

is the source of widespread disagreement.

Question 19

One classical biological explanation of deviance called _____ focused on the determination of character by facial features.

Accepted Answer

physiognomy

Question 20

Who decides that certain behavior is or is not deviant in a society?

Accepted Answer

The majority

Quiz 6: Deviance