Which of the following is not a positive effect of deviance on society?

a. Deviance helps to establish the extent to which violations of norms will be tolerated.
b. Deviance increases conflict within groups or societies.
c. Deviance can be used as a temporary safety valve.
d. Deviance helps a society clarify its norms.
e. Deviance can increase unity within a society or group.


B

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Religious faiths believe that marriage is:

a. contractual. b. personal. c. a sacrament. d. a social institution.

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Microsociology is (was) the main focus of

a. sociologists in the past. b. symbolic interactionists. c. all sociologists. d. conflict theorists.

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The first Asians began coming to America in the

A. 1820s. B. 1850s. C. 1890s. D. early 1900s.

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