Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. A video online that provides “tips and tricks” on bulimia and anorexia is considered a learned deviant act because it includes sharing skills for deviant acts of body modification.
2. Edwin Sutherland stated that conventional theories about crime and criminality are valid because they explain only the crimes of the lower class.
3. Differential location in the social structure refers to the social and demographic characteristics of individuals defining roles in larger social structure.
4. Social learning theories argue social behavior is observed and imitated.


1. True
2. False
3. True
4. True

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