If a deviant act is normalized it is_______________?

Related Mcqs:

1. If a deviant act is ‘normalized’ it is______________?

   A. recognized as breaking an important norm of behavior
   B. seen a temporary aberration from an otherwise normal character
   C. the first step in establishing a deviant career
   D. attributed to the person’s genetic or anatomical make up

2. In order for a deviant act to be considered a crime______________?

   A. the state must undertake a political process of criminalizing it
   B. it must be committed by someone labelled a criminal
   C. it must involve the violation of a person or property
   D. the majority of the population must consider the act criminal

3. To a major degree the study of deviant behavior is the study of________________?

   A. abnormal behavior
   B. Criminal behavior
   C. Social problem
   D. None of these

4. ________________ view standards of deviant behavior as merely reflecting cultural norms whereas __________ and _______________ theorists point out that the most powerful groups in a society can shape laws and standards and determine who is (or is not) prosecuted as a criminal ?

   A. conflict theorists’ functionalists labelling
   B. labelling theorists conflict functionalist
   C. functionalists conflict labelling
   D. conflict theorists’ labelling functionalist

5. Which approach holds that deviance is not a feature of a group or individual a process of interaction through which one group becomes defined as deviant ?

   A. labelling theory
   B. control theory
   C. functionalist theory
   conflict theory

6. Deviant is an agent of___________?

   A. Change
   B. no change
   C. neutrality
   D. None of these

7. According to Strain theory, retreatants are likely to engage in what type of deviant activity ?

   A. Sexual assault
   B. terrorism
   C. counterfeiting
   D. drug abuse
   E. robbery

8. According to Strain theory, ____ are those individuals who have traditional success goals but substitute deviant means by which to achieve them ?

   A. ritualists
   B. ret realists
   C. rebels
   D. innovators
   E. conformists

9. Which approach holds that deviance is not a feature of a group or individual but a process of interaction through which one group becomes defined as deviant ?

   A. labelling theory
   B. control theory
   C. functionalist theory
   D. conflict theory

10. The essential function of punishment in society is_______________?

    A. reform
    B. revenge
    C. affirmation of moral standards
    D. None of these