An ex-criminal, now on parole, returns to his life of crime because society treats him as a criminal. That is, as much as he wants to go straight, he is stigmatized by society as a criminal. This is an example of
A. a personality defect.
B. primary deviance.
C. secondary deviance.
D. social-learning theory.
C
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a. Ability traits c. Temperament traits b. Unique traits d. Dynamic traits
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a. somatic b. ?sympathetic c. parasympathetic d. ?autonomic
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A) wound. B) lesion. C) stereotoxic infiltration. D) invasive cortical manifestation.