Sociologists would consider crime to be a form of _____ deviance.

Sociologists would consider crime to be a form of _____ deviance.
 
  a. informal
 b. formal
 c. situational
 d. inherent

Question 2

According to the text, World War II contributed to social change in the United States in all of the following ways, except:
 
  a. an increased number of women began working outside of the home.
 b. mass-production increased.
 c. many men in the service received college educations using the GI Bill.
 d. technology improved working conditions.

Question 3

From a sociological perspective
 
  a. a specific behavior is either always deviant or never deviant.
 b. a behavior may be judged as deviant in one situation but not in another.
 c. all members of a society must agree on which acts are deviant and which are not.
 d. deviant behaviors never affect large groups of people.

Question 4

Toynbee's cyclical theory of social change argues that societies _____________ .
 
  a. are everlasting
 b. become part of other societies
 c. are never the same twice
 d. are born, mature, decay and sometimes die.

Question 5

The sociological definition of social deviance
 
  a. stresses social context, not individual behavior.
 b. focuses on individual nonconformity.
 c. recognizes deviance as being the same for all groups and settings.
 d. argues that definitions of deviance remain the same over time.

Question 6

Cohorts are useful for analyzing all of the following, except:
 
  a. the number of people in the population of different ages, at different times.
 b. how many high schools and universities will be needed at some time in the future.
 c. whether or not the social security system will continue to have funds.
 d. the gender ration within a population.