Test 1

Question 1

Absolutism

Answer 1

Deviance that is absolutely deviant and not debated about (child molestation)

Question 2

Crime

Answer 2

Breaking the law

Question 3

Determinism

Answer 3

Deviance is determined behavior, it has causation

Question 4

Deviance

Answer 4

In the eye of the beholder, a behavior is considered deviant by public consensus

Question 5

Higher-Consensus Deviance

Answer 5

Lots of people agree that it is deviant

Question 6

Labels

Answer 6

A socially constructed view

Question 7

Law

Answer 7

Formal and official norm

Question 8

Lower-Consensus Deviance

Answer 8

Not serious, public disagrees

Question 9

Objectiviam

Answer 9

Deviance is observable and researchable

Question 10

Positivism

Answer 10

Deviance is absolutely real

Question 11

Relativism

Answer 11

Deviance is a social constrtuction

Question 12

Social Constructionism

Answer 12

Those in power define and determine deviance

Question 13

Subjectivism

Answer 13

Your own opinion

Question 14

Voluntarism

Answer 14

Deviance is voluntary and people choose it

Question 15

Constructionist Theories

Answer 15

Interested in different groups having different meanings for the same behavior

Question 16

Cultural Conflict

Answer 16

Discrepant norms and values regarding right and wrong

Question 17

Feminist Theory

Answer 17

Theories of deviance are all based on men not women

Question 18

Legal Reality

Answer 18

Deviant behavior may violate formal norms or informal social norms

Question 19

Marginal Surplus Population

Answer 19

Poor people that there are no jobs for leads to crime

Question 20

Organizational Imperative

Answer 20

Group of people all work together to accomplish a task with the same goal

Question 21

Phenomenology

Answer 21

Deviance reality is subjective to what the deviant person thinks of themeselves

Question 22

Postmodernist Theory

Answer 22

Looks at how to define how society has progressed to an era beyond modernity, great importance on science and rational thought

Question 23

Social Conflict

Answer 23

Incompatible interests, needs, and desires in diverse groups

Question 24

Social reality

Answer 24

Quiney, blames capitalism for unjust laws and Marx says the dominant class defines behavior as criminal and applies it to protect its intrests

Question 25

Anomie

Answer 25

Breakdown of social norms

Question 26

Deterrence Doctrine

Answer 26

Humans are rational and will commit acts until the punishment is to severe

Question 27

Differential Association

Answer 27

Deviance is learned through association

Question 28

Differential Illegitimate Opportunity

Answer 28

Members of the lower class have problems accessing legit opportunities, so they commit crimes

Question 29

Disintegrative Shaming

Answer 29

Deviance is stigmatized and rejected

Question 30

General Deterrence

Answer 30

Strong and sure punishment will deter crime overall

Question 31

Individual Deterrence

Answer 31

The punishment will deter one person

Question 32

Reintegrative Shaming

Answer 32

A positivist theory, the wrong doer is guilty but is shown forgivness

Question 33

Social Control

Answer 33

An act meant to curb deviance

Question 34

Social Learning

Answer 34

Deviance is learned through interactions with others

Question 35

Social Strain

Answer 35

Lack of access to power causes deviance

Question 36

Status Frustration

Answer 36

The difficulty of lower class youth in achieving status in legitimate ways