Deck 10: The “Deviance Dance” Continues

Question 1

The concept of the deviance dance is illustrated by the student opposition to "dry campuses" that exists at various colleges.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

By the end of the 20th century, child abuse was illegal in all nations in the world.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Subjective interests in a person being "too fat" or "too thin" have to do with the
potential health risks and not with standards of physical beauty.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

The claims to "truth" made by scientists are unaffected by political, religious, or commercial interests.

Question 5

Both the social typing process and the deviance dance are evident in all of the substantive topics addressed in the textbook.

Question 6

In modern state systems (e.g., Canada), religion no longer influences dominant moral codes.

Question 7

The medical community plays a role in the social typing of "too fat".

Question 8

Due to the widespread popularity of the eugenics movement in Canada during the early 20th century, there was an absence of scientists who were willing to be openly critical of eugenic ideals.

Question 9

Analyses of power are central to deviance research that leans toward the more objective end of the objective-subjective continuum.

Question 10

The concept of the deviance dance applies to those situations where everyone agrees on an issue and how to resolve it, as well as those situations where various groups have completely different points of view on an issue and how to resolve it.

Question 11

The process of deinstitutionalization illustrates how the social control of mental illness has changed over time.

Question 12

Dry campuses have been criticized by some substance abuse experts for simply moving drinking off campus.

Question 13

For several years during the 1930s, the Canadian government admired the success of Nazi eugenics.

Question 14

The government is a tool used by other groups in society that are acting as moral entrepreneurs, but in contemporary Canada it no longer acts as a moral entrepreneur itself.

Question 15

Adultery is considered a crime in some nations.

Question 16

Alcoholics Anonymous is an example of retroactive, formal social control.

Question 17

In the mid-20th century, youth could be entered into the criminal justice system for truancy.

Question 18

Socialization is a form of retroactive social control.

Question 19

Acts of scientific misconduct are rare.

Question 20

Deviance specialists with more objective interests focus their analyses on the deviant act, characteristic, or person.

Question 21

Which of the following is an example of how more objective research interests have been integrated into the textbook?

A) the exploration of culturally-specific processes by which certain sexual acts come to be perceived as "deviant"
B) research applying strain theory to the issue of youth crime
C) research on the perceptions people have of those who are "too fat"
D) the debates surrounding whether ADHD (Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) should be included as a "mental disorder"
E) the exploration of the role scientists play in the social typing of deviance in society

Question 22

Which of the following is an example of retroactive social control?

A) you stop dating someone who asks you to do something "kinky"
B) you teach your young children to say "please" and "thank you"
C) you exercise regularly to maintain bone density
D) you see your doctor for an annual checkup
E) all of the acts listed above are examples of retroactive social control

Question 23

Radio astronomy was initially considered a "pseudo-science". This reflects the component of the social typing process.

A) evaluation
B) prescription
C) description
D) evaluation and description
E) evaluation and prescription

Question 24

The Canadian government violated human rights when it included "hate crimes" in the Criminal Code of Canada.

Question 25

According to your textbook, the social typing of deviance will always be surrounded by some degree of controversy, debate, and opposition.

Question 26

People who are socially typed as "too fat" face discrimination in employment, housing, education, and health care.

Question 27

Which of the following reflects a more subjective approach to the study of deviance?

A) research on the most effective ways of controlling college binge drinking
B) the exploration of how drug prevention programs for street youth differ from drug prevention programs for mainstream youth
C) research on how the "gang problem" is portrayed in the media, and what the consequences of that portrayal are
D) research on why some mental illnesses are more common among lower socioeconomic classes
E) social control theory

Question 28

Human rights documents themselves state that there are circumstances when violating someone's human rights is legitimate.

Question 29

If the social typing of deviance would cease to exist, anarchy would probably reign in society.

Question 30

During the witch persecutions, certain people were burned at the stake because it was believed they were causing harm within the community. This belief reflects the component of the social typing process.

A) evaluation
B) prescription
C) description
D) tagging
E) dramaturgical

Question 31

More subjective approaches to deviance focus on

A) the social causes of deviance.
B) the psychological causes of deviance.
C) the role of power in the social typing process.
D) perceptions of and reactions to deviance.
E) both the role of power and perceptions of/reactions to deviance.

Question 32

As you see a group of people walking down the street, your friend says to you, "Those people steal our jobs!" Which component of the social typing process is reflected in your friend's statement?

A) description
B) evaluation
C) prescription
D) formal social control
E) prescription and formal social control

Question 33

People in many professions (e.g. law enforcement; educators) identify "at-risk" youth. This reflects the component of the social typing process.

A) description
B) evaluation
C) dramaturgical
D) informal social control
E) stealth

Question 34

Physical and mental health are necessary for the "security of person and property" contained in human rights legislation.

Question 35

The world's first human rights document was created in Britain in the 1880s.

Question 36

Sexual orientation has been integrated into the human rights documents of some nations.

Question 37

Consider the following statement: "Soccer moms are bad drivers." Which component of the social typing process is reflected in that statement?

A) description
B) evaluation
C) prescription
D) preventative social control
E) description and evaluation

Question 38

Formal and informal social control measures are part of the component of the social typing process.

A) evaluation
B) prescription
C) description
D) tagging
E) dramaturgical

Question 39

Which of the following is an example of how more subjective research interests have been integrated into the textbook?

A) the exploration of how the perceptions of youth crime influence social control measures directed at youth crime
B) research on the social factors that contribute to the development of anorexia
C) research on the social and economic costs of mental illness in society
D) research on the characteristics of "destructive" cults
E) the iceberg theory of scientific deviance

Question 40

The abuse that many Aboriginal children suffered in residential schools can be perceived as a violation of the basic human right of "security of person and property."

Question 41

Which means of controlling binge drinking on university campuses is the most controversial?

A) campus policies on the maximum length of "happy hours"
B) controls on alcohol advertising on campus
C) dry campuses
D) campus policies governing minimum drink prices
E) providing students with the option of living in an alcohol-free dorm

Question 42

According to your textbook, what is the locus for claims-making in the struggles over moral codes and deviance in Canadian society?

A) commercial enterprise
B) religion
C) media
D) government
E) science

Question 43

Which of the following statements about religion and deviance is true?

A) the anti-cult movement has fundamentalist Christian foundations
B) the counter-cult movement provides support groups for parents of cult members
C) in China, members of the Communist Party are prohibited from holding any religious beliefs
D) in Canada, the United States, and Germany, the government is prohibited from exerting social control over religious groups
E) freedom of religion is guaranteed, at least on paper, in all nations of the world

Question 44

was perceived as legally, socially and morally acceptable in Canada for most of the 19th century, but is now largely perceived as "deviant".

A) homosexuality
B) child abuse
C) alcoholism
D) truancy
E) child abuse and alcoholism

Question 45

Which of the following is an example of preventative, formal social control?

A) teaching your children to "just say no" to drugs
B) your physician writes you a prescription for anti-depressants
C) a class that teachers junior-high children about safer sex
D) taking away your teenager's car keys for one week when she misses her curfew one night
E) weighing yourself once a week to ensure that you haven't gained any weight

Question 46

In contemporary Canada, sexuality is socially controlled through

A) legislation.
B) media.
C) medicalization.
D) education.
E) a variety of measures, including those listed above.

Question 47

According to your textbook, where can we search for potential universal standards related to the social typing of deviance?

A) the components that are shared among the doctrines of the world's five major religions
B) human rights documents
C) those scientific claims that are characterized by consensus within the scientific community
D) the laws of nations that have low crime rates
E) in the Christian Bible

Question 48

Which of the following is an example of social control?

A) teasing someone about their new haircut
B) believing that people on welfare are lazy
C) deciding that someone you see on the subway is a "Skinhead", based on their physical appearance
D) conducting research on the causes of youth crime
E) social control is illustrated by all of the above examples

Question 49

The deviance dance can be seen in relation to

A) risk management of youth.
B) genetic testing and manipulation.
C) the issue of ADHD (Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder).
D) criteria for determining "deviant" sexuality.
E) all of the issues listed above.

Question 50

Which of the following is a human rights document?

A) the Magna Carta
B) Universal Declaration of Sexual Rights
C) Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
D) Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizens
E) all of the above

Question 51

Monitoring our behaviours to prevent deviance is

A) informal control.
B) self-control.
C) preventative.
D) retroactive.
E) prescription.

Question 52

The belief that an individual should not be discriminated against based on their genetic traits is supported by the

A) Magna Carta.
B) Universal Declaration of Sexual Rights.
C) Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights.
D) Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizens.
E) Declaration on the Rights of the Disabled.

Question 53

Which of the following is an example of retroactive, informal social control?

A) teaching your children to "just say no" to drugs
B) your physician writes you a prescription for anti-depressants
C) a class that teachers kids about safer sex
D) taking away your teenager's car keys for one week when she misses her curfew
E) weighing yourself once a week to ensure that you haven't gained any weight

Question 54

Which of the following events is a violation of all three of the human rights themes presented in your textbook?

A) the eugenics movement
B) the labelling of certain religious groups as "cults" under France's new legislation
C) the actions of the Christian Coalition
D) the failure to provide health care to citizens
E) violent crime

Question 55

According to human rights documents, human dignity is/was violated by

A) the eugenics movement.
B) European colonization.
C) residential schooling.
D) Nazi Germany's racial hygiene program.
E) all of the situations listed above.

Question 56

The document that is considered to be the foundational document for modern
Human rights policies, programs and legislation is the

A) Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
B) Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizens.
C) the Magna Carta.
D) Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
E) Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights.

Question 57

The concept of refers to the fact that different points of view, debates, and resistance surround the social typing of deviance.

A) the deviance dance
B) tertiary deviance
C) retroactive social control
D) tagging
E) stigmatization

Question 58

Which of the following are themes that are shared among the various human rights documents found throughout the world?

A) human dignity; security of personal and property; freedom from poverty
B) human dignity; freedom from poverty; right to education
C) security of person and property; right to education; freedom from poverty
D) human dignity; security of person and property; freedom from discrimination
E) freedom from discrimination; right to education; security of person and property

Question 59

_________are powerful moral entrepreneurs, and have tremendous
Influence as to who or what is deviant.

A) media
B) commercial enterprise
C) government
D) science
E) all of the groups listed above are powerful moral entrepreneurs

Question 60

In many cities throughout North America, controversy surrounds the implementation of no-smoking bylaws. Some groups argue that smoking should be banned in restaurants, but not in bars. Other groups claim that smoking should be banned in bars as well. Some groups argue that people who smoke have the right to do so in any public places. Finally, some groups claim that taxpayer dollars would be better spent on programs to help people quit smoking than on implementing controversial no-smoking bylaws. Which of the following concepts best reflects the simultaneous existence of these different points of view?

A) description
B) informal social control
C) evaluation
D) the deviance dance
E) social typing

Question 61

Identify the three core themes that are integrated into various types of human rights policies, and give a specific example for each theme.

Question 62

Based on what you have learned in this course, has your opinion of who/what is "deviant" changed or remained the same? Explain your answer.

Question 63

Discuss the role played by power in the social typing of deviance related to one of the substantive issues that has been addressed in the textbook.

Question 64

Based on your own opinion as well as what you have learned in this course, what one instance of the social typing of deviance do you think is the most justified? What one instance of the social typing of deviance do you think is the most unjust? Explain your answers.

Question 65

Give three examples of self-regulation that have been discussed in relation to substantive issues contained in the textbook.

Question 66

Discuss the deviance dance in relation to one of the substantive issues that has been addressed in the textbook.

Question 67

When is violating someone's human rights considered to be legitimate, according to human rights documents?

A) when the ruling government of a nation decides, through democratic political processes, that such a violation is legitimate
B) when there are threats to social order
C) when there are threats to morality
D) when there are threats to other people's human rights
E) when there are threats to social order, morality, or other people's human rights

Question 68

Give three examples of how perceptions of deviance change over time.

Question 69

Contrast more objective and more subjective approaches to understanding deviance. Where do you fall along the objective-subjective continuum? Explain your answer, using specific examples as support.

Question 70

Apply the three components of the social typing process to one substantive issue that has been addressed in the textbook, being sure to elaborate upon the third component in some detail.

Question 71

Provide three specific examples of how researchers who lean toward the more objective end of the objective-subjective continuum have studied deviance; each example must be drawn from a different Chapter.

Question 72

List the core themes that are present in diverse human rights documents, and link each of those themes to specific issues that have been addressed in the textbook.