Deviance can benefit society in that it can _____________________________
_____.
a. increase social cohesion and group solidarity (when singling out and punishing a deviant, those doing the singling out and punishing are brought togetherwe're not like that person)
b. encourage social change, which can be very good for a society, e.g., by dismantling discrimination and encouraging economic productivity
c. all of the above
d. none of the above
Question 2In a self-fulfilling prophecy, the prediction of a behavior becomes the cause of the behavior.
a. true
b. false
Question 3The effects of deviance on a society are always negative.
a. true
b. false
Question 4For Levitt, the real intellectual puzzle is not why crime fell in the 1990sas he believes his model is more than adequatebut why it did not start falling sooner.
a. true
b. false
Question 5By self-fulfilling prophecy, Rosenhan means that _________________________.
a. a behavior occurred because it was meant to occur
b. a behavior occurred because other behaviors lead it to occur
c. a behavior occurred only because was predicted to occur or because it got set into a person's mind that it should occur
d. all behaviors have religious underpinnings
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