Test Bank For Deviant Behavior 11th Edition By Taylor
Test Bank For Deviant Behavior 11th Edition By Taylor
Deviant Behavior 11th Edition By Taylor – Test Bank
Test Bank For Deviant Behavior
Test Bank For Deviant Behavior 11th Edition
CHAPTER ONE: WHAT IS DEVIANT BEHAVIOR?
Multiple Choice Questions
- Which of the following statements about the definition of deviance is TRUE?
- a) Almost all persons in a society will agree on the nature of deviant behavior.
- b) Definitions of deviant behavior are determined by a nation’s economy.
- c) There is usually a great deal of disagreement among people as to what they consider deviant.
- d) Few persons in a society are concerned about the definition of deviance.
Difficulty: 2
Page Reference: 3-4
Answer: c) There is usually a great deal of disagreement among people as to what they consider deviant.
- Millions of people at one time or another have smoked marijuana. If sociologists asked a sample of U.S. citizens about this behavior, they would most likely discover that
- a) almost everyone agreed that smoking marijuana is deviant.
- b) many people disagreed about the deviant status of marijuana.
- c) almost everyone did not really care about whether smoking marijuana is deviant or not.
- d) almost everyone in the sample had smoked marijuana.
Difficulty: 2
Page Reference: 3-4
Answer: b) many people disagreed about the deviant status of marijuana.
- In 1965, J. L. Simmons asked a sample of the general public who they thought were deviant. Which of the following did significant numbers of people feel were deviant?
- a) homosexuals and prostitutes
- b) communists and atheists
- c) psychiatrists and priests
- d) all of the above
Difficulty: 2
Page Reference: 3
Answer: d) all of the above
- Among sociologists, there is
- a) much involvement in illegal deviant behavior.
- b) little interest in the study of deviance.
- c) widespread agreement about what behavior should be considered deviant.
- d) a lack of consensus about what behavior should be seen as deviant.
Difficulty: 2
Page Reference: 3-4
Answer: d) a lack of consensus about what behavior should be seen as deviant.
- All of the following are definitions of deviance proposed by different sociologists, EXCEPT that deviance is
- a) behavior that is labeled negative by politicians and the police.
- b) a departure from the normative standards of a common culture.
- c) always immoral behavior.
- d) behavior eliciting anger or disapproval from large numbers of people.
Difficulty: 2
Page Reference: 3-4
Answer: c) always immoral behavior.
