According to ____, deviance exists because some members of a group or society successfully define others as deviant.
a. symbolic interactionism
b. labeling theory
c. strain theory
d. cultural transmission theory
e. functionalism
Question 2Definitions and labels of health and illness vary cross culturally.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question 3Labeling theory is particularly important because no other perspective on deviance provides as clear an explanation of
a. the importance of socialization for social control.
b. the reasons for becoming a deviant.
c. isolated acts of primary deviance.
d. the role of anomie in deviance.
e. the relativity of deviance.
Question 4The socialization of physicians and nurses is a major topic of study for symbolic interactionism.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question 5Which of the following is not a criticism of cultural transmission theory?
a. It fails to explain why most people in crime-ridden neighborhoods do not become deviant.
b. It does not explain deviance among people who haven't been exposed to a great number of people who break the law.
c. It only deals with crime.
d. It does not account for the relativity of deviance.
e. It demonstrates that conformity in one setting may be deviant in another.
Question 6The pharmaceutical industry is the most profitable industry in the U.S.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question 7One major weakness of cultural transmission theory is that it fails to explain
a. why most people raised in crime-ridden environments do not become deviants.
b. how deviance is learned.
c. how deviance is transmitted from generation to generation.
d. how deviance is transmitted from one ethnic group to another.
e. how anomie is related to deviance.
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