Multiple Choice
How do some sociologists counter the claim that positive deviance is not a contradiction in terms?
A) The concept is less ethnocentric than deviance alone.
B) The concept can help us enact culturally relativistic laws.
C) The concept is useful for understanding what makes people exceed expectations.
D) The concept helps to clarify ideas about negative norm violations.
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