According to the conflict perspective of deviance, when the elite in society violate norms or laws they avoid punishment because
a. their deviant behavior is not as damaging to society as that of the lower classes.
b. they do not violate norms that affect other people.
c. they have the resources to hide or mask their behavior.
d. they are punished for slight infractions.
Question 2According to _____ theory, the primary cause of social change is a change in the structure of economic classes.
a. functionalist/evolutionary
b. conflict
c. cyclical
d. dependency
Question 3When a wealthy and powerful executive engages in deviance representing his or her organization it is referred to as _____.
a. corporate deviance
b. white-collar deviance
c. elite deviance
d. class deviance
Question 4Who was the founder of conflict theory?
a. Emile Durkheim.
b. Max Weber.
c. Karl Marx.
d. Georg Simmel.
Question 5A significant difference between the functionalist and conflict theories of deviance is that
a. the functionalist theory assumes the system works for the good of the whole, and the conflict theory does not.
b. the functionalist theory focuses more on the social structure than the conflict theory.
c. the functionalist theory pays more attention to the individual than the conflict theory does.
d. the functionalist theory ignores the role of deviance in society, while this is a focus for the conflict theory.
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