Elements of Sociology 4e, Practice Quiz: Chapter 06

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. According to your textbook, the term "deviance" refers to which of the following?

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. Which term refers to the fact that deviance is a matter of definition and thus contested?

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. In "Notes on the Management of a Spoiled Identity," Irving Goffman (1963) distinguished between three forms of stigmata. An individual's drug addiction is a good example of which kind of stigmata?

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. Canada's niqab debate that emerged in the context of the 2015 federal election and linked Muslim face coverings to newcomers' rejection of Canadian values is a good example of which sociological concept?

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. A group of black students are stopped by campus security on their way to class. The office inquires where they are going and why. When they inquire why they were stopped, the officers respond that they are just doing their job enforcing campus safety. However, no other students were stopped that day. This is an example of which of the following?

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. Which of the following concepts captures the hate or contempt for women?

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. Which of the following terms suggests that homosexuality is still deviant in Canadian society and is frequently invoked to encourage men to behave in accordance to masculinity norms?

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. Who developed strain theory to explain why some individual engage in criminal deviance?

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. According to Edwin Sutherland, which term refers to a crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his/her occupation?

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. Which of the following is NOT a corporate crime?

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. Deviance and crime can be used synonymously.

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. The unstated qualities that might make a group a target for sanctions, such as sex or race, are also referred to as overt characteristics of deviance.

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. Essentialism argues that deviance is an objectively existing social phenomenon that has a natural, universal, and thus true essence.

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. A person's tattoo is a good example of Erving Goffman's (1963) bodily stigmata.

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. Moral panics are usually triggered by moral entrepreneurs.

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. The schools-to-prison hypothesis states that working-class men are underrepresented in school and overrepresented in prisons because they are inherently more deviant than those of higher social classes.

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. The Alberta Sexual Sterilization Act (1928-1972) is evidence that people with disabilities are historically perceived as deviant.

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. According to Albert Cohen's (1955) subcultural theory, some individuals engage in criminal deviance because delinquency is an easy alternative to achieve the American Dream.

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. Sexual harassment in the workplace is a good example of an occupational crime.

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. The difference between deviance and crime is that crimes are followed by sanctions, while deviant acts are not.

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