What is the major difference between psychological and sociological theories in explaining deviance?

What will be an ideal response?


Psychological theories examine the cause of deviance originating within the individual. Sociological theories examine the cause of deviance originating from outside the individual.

Sociology

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Which of the following statements is false?

a. The death of a parent forces us to face our own mortality. b. Loss of a child through stillbirth can be highly traumatic. c. Societal pressure to grieve the death of a spouse is especially strong. d. Young adult widows have less intense grief immediately after the death.

Sociology

Which is the least ecologically valid of the following types of experiments?

a. true b. quasi c. field d. natural

Sociology

Relationships today are characterized by qualities such as

(a) diversity (b) knowledge (c) complexity (d) all of these

Sociology

Which religious group is losing adherents at the greatest rate in the United States?

a. Protestants b. Jews c. Catholics d. Nones

Sociology