Deck 17: Honesty Is the Best Policy

Question 1

The concept of "normal lies" indicates that ______.

A) honesty is a nonnegotiable standard in U.S. culture
B) lies are not always considered deviant or norm violating
C) lying is so rampant, it is considered totally acceptable
D) honesty is no longer a value in U.S. culture

Answer 1

B

Question 2

A cultural value refers to a ______.

A) belief about what is accurate
B) sentiment regarding what is good or bad, right or wrong
C) belief about how the world actually operates
D) sacred social norm

Answer 2

B

Question 3

The essay on honesty makes the point that ______.

A) lying is often done in the service of a value
B) lying is deviant and therefore always inconsistent with cultural values
C) deviant lies defy cultural values
D) lies are always antisocial events

Answer 3

A

Question 4

The essay on honesty argues that ______.

A) there are no such things as "facts"
B) alternative facts are as true as "traditional" facts
C) facts are empirically verifiable observations
D) facts do not exist in our postmodern world

Question 5

President Trump frequently shifts attention from his own misrepresentations of truth by pointing at the media. This tactic is a good illustration of ______.

A) an appeal to higher loyalties
B) condemning the condemner
C) denial of injury
D) denial of responsibility

Question 6

Telling a not so gifted singer that she has a great voice is an example of a ______.

A) deviant lie
B) normal lie
C) technique of neutralization
D) deviant social script

Question 7

Techniques of neutralization refer to ______.

A) methods for rationalizing deviant behavior
B) methods for assuaging guilty minds
C) self-serving lies
D) counteroffensive lies

Question 8

The juvenile who starts believing those who tell him he is nothing but trouble is ______.

A) firmly ensconced in a state of primary deviance
B) the victim of deviant lies
C) entering the state of secondary deviance
D) the victim of techniques of neutralization

Question 9

John defends his punching Paul by saying that Paul punched him first. John's verbal defense illustrates ______.

A) secondary deviance
B) denial of responsibility
C) an appeal to higher loyalties
D) denial of victim

Question 10

Techniques of neutralization can be thought of as tools for ______.

A) keeping deviant behavior at the primary level
B) transforming primary deviance into secondary deviance
C) establishing deviant identities
D) All of these choices are correct.