Question 1

There is one categorical or generic cause of deviant behavior:

Accepted Answer

A)   a lack of education.
B)   a genetic defect.
C)   godlessness.
D)   poverty
E)   none of the above E

Question 2

Medical marijuana is legal in:

Accepted Answer

A)   no states of the United States
B)   all states of the United States
C)   some states of the United States but not others.
D)   most but not all of the states of the United States
E)   None of the above C

Question 3

Sociologically, deviance is:

Accepted Answer

A)   is a simple quality or characteristic resting within an action, belief, or characteristic.
B)   that which is considered wrongful by designated audiences and reacted to as such by members of those audiences.
C)   that which is considered wrongful everywhere and throughout human history.
D)   an unknown or unknowable phenomenon.
E)   none of the above B

Question 4

In defining what's deviant, sociologists reject the concept of:

Accepted Answer

A)   absolutism
B)   relativism
C)   "audiences"
D)   empirical reality
E)   none of the above

Question 5

Sociologically, deviance, by definition, is:

Accepted Answer

A)   immoral
B)   psychopathological
C)   harmful
D)   ungodly
E)   none of the above

Question 6

Deviance and harm are two words for exactly the same thing.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Sociologically:

Accepted Answer

A)   Achieved statuses can be the basis for judgments of deviance; ascribed statuses cannot.
B)   Ascribed statuses can be the basis for judgments of deviance; achieved statuses cannot.
C)   Neither achieved nor ascribed statuses can be the basis for judgments of deviance.
D)   Both achieved and ascribed statuses can be the basis for judgments of deviance
E)   none of the above

Question 8

To most sociologists, what defines deviance is an "audience"-a collectivity of persons who evaluate whether a given act, belief, or trait is acceptable or unacceptable.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Definitions of behavior that are regarded as wrongful "here, but not there" represent the mosaic dimension of deviance.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Which of the following is not a "necessary ingredient" that defines deviance?

Accepted Answer

A)   the existence of a rule or a norm
B)   someone who violates-or who is thought to violate-a norm
C)   an "audience": one or more persons who evaluate something to be a normative violation
D)   a certain likelihood that one or more audiences will react negatively to a perceived normative violation
E)   none of the above; all are necessary ingredients that define what's deviant

Question 11

The ABCs of deviance are:

Accepted Answer

A)   affairs-the banality of evil-cupidity
B)   arrogance-babbling-cruelty
C)   absence-backwardness-confusion
D)   attitudes-behavior-conditions
E)   none of the above

Question 12

Diversity regarding what is considered wrongful is infinite and without boundaries.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The constructionist approach to deviance is guided by the central question, "Why do they do it?"

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

In deviance, sociologically considered:

Accepted Answer

A)   no genuine universals exist
B)   one universals exists-"Thou shalt not kill."
C)   many universals exist
D)   the answer to this question is unknown-and unknowable
E)   none of the above

Question 15

Religious views are off-limits for the sociologist of deviance.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Sociologically, whatever is defined as deviant is that which should be condemned.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

An example of "situational" deviance is behavior that is or was punished as wrongful:

Accepted Answer

A)   everywhere in the world
B)   in France and the United States
C)   among Third World countries as well as in fully developed industrialized nations of the world
D)   throughout historical time
E)   none of the above is an example of situational deviance

Question 18

Sociologists define deviance as______________ that violates a collective's norms, the violation of which tends to attract negative reactions from specified audiences.

Accepted Answer

A)   behavior only
B)   behavior and beliefs only
C)   behavior and conditions only
D)   behavior, beliefs, and conditions (along with racial, ethnic, national, and religious characteristics) 
E)   none of the above

Question 19

Sociologically, what is deviance is:

Accepted Answer

A)   a matter of degree, a spectrum, a continuum from being regarded as mildly to seriously wrongful
B)   an either-or proposition, wrongful or not-wrongful
C)   neither a spectrum nor an either-or proposition
D)   unknown and unknowable as to one or the other
E)   none of the above

Question 20

To the sociologist of deviance, when considering whether something is deviant or not, the most relevant question is:

Accepted Answer

A)   How does God feel about it?
B)   Does it violate human nature?
C)   How do relevant audiences feel about it and react to it?
D)   How uncommon or statistically infrequent is it?
E)   none of the above is a sociologically relevant question

Exam 1: Introducing Deviance

There is one categorical or generic cause of deviant behavior:

Medical marijuana is legal in:

Sociologically, deviance is:

In defining what's deviant, sociologists reject the concept of:

Sociologically, deviance, by definition, is:

Deviance and harm are two words for exactly the same thing.

Sociologically:

To most sociologists, what defines deviance is an "audience"-a collectivity of persons who evaluate whether a given act, belief, or trait is acceptable or unacceptable.

Definitions of behavior that are regarded as wrongful "here, but not there" represent the mosaic dimension of deviance.

Which of the following is not a "necessary ingredient" that defines deviance?

The ABCs of deviance are:

Diversity regarding what is considered wrongful is infinite and without boundaries.

The constructionist approach to deviance is guided by the central question, "Why do they do it?"

In deviance, sociologically considered:

Religious views are off-limits for the sociologist of deviance.

Sociologically, whatever is defined as deviant is that which should be condemned.

An example of "situational" deviance is behavior that is or was punished as wrongful:

Sociologists define deviance as______________ that violates a collective's norms, the violation of which tends to attract negative reactions from specified audiences.

Sociologically, what is deviance is:

To the sociologist of deviance, when considering whether something is deviant or not, the most relevant question is: