What is the basis of the structural-functionalist perspective as it relates to explaining deviance? Who is the creator of this perspective?
What will be an ideal response?
but should include Émile Durkheim as the creator of the structural-functionalist perspective. Durkheim’s basic argument was that crime and deviance have existed in all societies at all times because they have a positive function in society and in its structures. The most important function of deviance is that it allows societies or groups to define and clarify their collective beliefs—their norms and values.
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(a) they had similar, negative emotional reactions (b) they disagreed on who broke up with whom (c) they primarily experienced feelings of relief (d) they had both positive and negative emotions
The standard error of the mean:
a. is the same as the sample standard deviation. b. is the same as the population standard deviation. c. is the standard deviation of a theoretical sampling distribution. d. is equal to the sample size minus 1.
Fighting over who gets custody of the cat and the big screen TV is an example of the ________ station of divorce
Fill in the blanks with correct word
Collins and Janning recommend that ______.
a. parents have transparent, ongoing conversations with children about why there might be discrepancies in material possessions between houses b. ex-partners work carefully and closely together so that there are not discrepancies in material possessions between houses c. adolescents work to make both of their homes feel comfortable d. adolescents spend less time connecting via technology because it is getting in the way of relationships