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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Deviance | The term used to describe modes of action that do not conform to the norms or values held by most members of a group or society is: |
| Deviant subculture | A subculture whose members hold values that differ substantially from those of the majority is called: |
| A subculture whose members hold values that differ substantially from those of the majority is called: | Norms |
| A mode of reward or punishment that reinforces socially expected forms of behavior is called a: | Sanction |
| ____Laws___ are norms defined by governments as principles that their citizens must follow; a ____sanction___ is any type of behavior that violates these norms. | |
| Theorizing that terrorists have a certain personality profile is an example of which view of deviance? | Psychopaths |
| Which of the following disciplines does NOT place the source of deviant behavior within an individual? | Anomie |
| A concept brought into wide usage in sociology by Émile Durkheim, ___anomie___ refers to a situation in which social norms lose their hold over individual behavior. | |
| In Robert Merton’s typology, drug dealers would be: | Innovators |
| Which theory proposes that we become deviant when exposed to a higher level of deviant persons and influences, compared to conventional influences? | Differential association theory |