Deck 19: Edgework: A Social Psychological Analysis of Voluntary Risk Taking, Stephen Lyng

Question 1

According to Lyng, the edgeworkers engage in deviant behaviors because ______.

A)They are depressed
B)They seek material rewards
C)They seek sensational and psychological rewards
D)They are made to break the norms

Answer 1

They seek sensational and psychological rewards

Question 2

According to Lyng, ____is/are needed for edgeworkers to engage in edgework.

A)Skills
B)Enhancement drugs
C)Money
D)All of the above

Answer 2

Skills

Question 3

According to Lyng, ____ is NOT a characteristic of edgework.

A)Voluntarily engaging in risk-taking activities
B)Balancing the space between safety and harm
C)A clearly visible threat to well-being
D)A prior criminal record

Answer 3

A prior criminal record

Question 4

According to Lyng, edgework is ______.

A)A form of resistance to late capitalism
B)Psychologically rewarding
C)Reasserting control over oneself
D)All of the above

Question 5

On Friday, October 5, 2012, Eddie Archbold, a 32-year-old father of two, entered a cockroach-eating contest to win an ivory-ball python for a friend.Shortly after winning the contest, Archbold began to vomit profusely and was declared dead the next morning.Explain Eddie's behavior from both Lyng's edgework perspective as well as Lemert's labeling or social reaction theory.