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.
c) always immoral behavior.
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a) object relations theory b) cognitive development theory c) social norms theory d) doing gender theory
_____ pluralism is the coexistence of a variety of distinct racial and ethnic groups within one society
a. Ethnic b. Psychological c. Internal d. Cultural
Students in the United States tend to ______ than students in other developed countries.
A. perform better B. perform worse C. earn higher grades D. be less intellectually curious
Wade is thinking about starting a company to run jails and prisons but wants to minimize his risks, so he works with various states to get a long-term contract and guarantees of minimum occupancy levels. Wade is becoming a part of the __________
A) prison-industrial complex B) state profit system C) cradle to prison pipeline D) humane prison movement