Deck 26: Kinds of Deviance: A Sequential Model From Outsiders, Howard Sbecker

Question 1

According to Becker, in order to become a marijuana user, an individual must accomplish all of the following EXCEPT______.

A)Learning the techniques to use Marihuana
B)Learning to perceive the effects
C)Learning to enjoy the effects
D)Learning to become physically addicted

Answer 1

Learning to become physically addicted

Question 2

According to Becker, a "secret deviant" is someone who is said to ______.

A)Engage in rule breaking behavior while being perceived a deviant
B)Engage in rule breaking behavior while not being perceived a deviant
C)Engage in rule breaking behavior while creating new rules
D)Engage in rule breaking behavior while not being perceived as covering

Answer 2

Engage in rule breaking behavior while not being perceived a deviant

Question 3

James stole the answers to the Deviance exam from Dr.Anderson's office.We all know this to be true because he posted the answers on Facebook and Tweeted pictures of him doing so.According to Becker, James is considered ______.

A)A pure deviant
B)An awesome study buddy
C)The falsely accused
D)A secret deviant

Answer 3

A pure deviant

Question 4

According to Becker, a rule enforcer is a type of ______.

A)character
B)Deviant
C)Cultural dupe
D)Moral entrepreneur

Question 5

According to Becker, a ___________ is a crusading reformer who believes that what he/she sees as right is good for everyone.

A)Political enforcer
B)Rule creator
C)Rule enforcer
D)political puppet

Question 6

According to Becker, which of the following is a type of social control that existed on marijuana users?

A)limiting the user=s supply and access to the drug
B)Mandatory minimum sentences
C)War on drugs police task forces
D)None of the above

Question 7

According to Becker, what is the sequential model of deviance?

A)The notion that defining something as deviance leads to being labeled a deviant
B)One that allows an understanding of deviance as changing through time
C)Deviant behavior escalates over time after an initial act
D)Deviant behavior follows from having deviants in one's family

Question 8

According to Becker, what do you call someone who is perceived as deviant by others but actually performs obedient behavior?

A)secret deviant
B)Performer
C)Character
D)Falsely accused

Question 9

According to Becker, deviant careers are a lot like _____.

A)athletic careers
B)Reality TV stars' careers
C)Occupational careers
D)Professors' careers

Question 10

Becker's deviant career concept is very similar to ____.

A)Social control theory
B)Conflict theory
C)Postmodernism
D)Lifecourse criminology

Question 11

According to Becker, when one moves into a deviant group ________.

A)they are able to manage deviant behavior with minimum effort
B)It becomes difficult to continue a deviant career
C)They are arrested and sent to jail
D)They feel the need to conform back to society's standards

Question 12

According to Becker, the first step in the deviant career is______.

A)being labeled a deviant
B)Commission of a nonconforming act
C)Adherence to deviant behavior patterns
D)Participation in a subculture of the deviant activity

Question 13

Use Becker's steps in a deviant career to explain how a young freshman might become an alcoholic by the time he ends college.At which step do you think intervention would be the most successful, and why?