According to the Emile Durkheim, deviance has positive function also, because:

Related Mcqs:

1. Durkheim used the multivariate approach to write a pioneering and influential analysis of_________?

   A. racial discrimination
   B. European countries
   C. Poverty
   D. suicide

2. Deviance as sociologist concept is best defined as a study of________?

   A. criminal acts performed by people
   B. statistical rarity
   C. behaviors and conditions that are related to social control
   D. None of these

3. What is major problem experienced by those researching deviance?

   A. the issue of confidentiality
   B. finding willing participants
   C. potential physical and emotional danger
   D. None of these

4. The subjective dimension of deviance refers to the_________?

   A. researcher’s discretion regarding the subject matter
   B. status of the behavior in the system of moral stratification
   C. general attitude of lawmakers
   D. None of these

5. In 1963, President John F. Kennedy announced to the soviet Union that the United States would discontinue all atmospheric nuclear tests. The soviet’s positive response to the conciliatory gesture illustrated the potential value of________

   A. the just- world phenomenon
   B. GRIT
   C. mirror- image perceptions
   D. groupthink

6. A positive or negative evaluation of people, objects, or ideas is known as a(n):

   A. Cognition
   B. Estimation
   C. Behavior
   D. Attitude

7. In client-centered therapy, the importance of affirming the worth of the client is achieved by the exercise of which THREE therapeutic attitudes?
   1: Unconditional positive regard.
   2: Empathy.
   3: Genuineness.
   4: Confrontation.

   A. 1,2 & 3
   B. 2,3 & 4
   C. 1,3 & 4
   D. None of These

8. As personality descriptions become more positive, the Barnum effect becomes stronger. This best illustrates.

   A. unconditional positive regard
   B. attributional style
   C. the spotlight effect
   D. self-serving bias

9. Martin Seligman advocates a positive psychology, which focuses on topics such as:

   A. external locus of control
   B. projection
   C. optimism
   D. the Barnum effect

10. A neural impulse is initiated when neuron’s charge momentarily becomes less negative or even positive. This event is called:

    A. an action potential
    B. a resting potential
    C. impulse facilitation
    D. inhibitory