A natural group is structured with a defined purpose and come about through the efforts of outsiders, such as an agency
a. true
b. false
Answer: b. false
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Ethnicity, a criterion for classifying minority groups, refers to ________
a. racial differences b. differences in physical and mental characteristics c. cultural differences d. genetic variations
How does labeling one as deviant reinforce the so-called "deviance"?
a. It becomes a "self-fulfilling prophecy," thereby proving the person is a deviant after all. b. Once labeled a deviant, an individual's actions are more closely scrutinized by others, improving the odds that the person will be caught in further acts of deviance. c. The person consciously accepts the premise of those in social control. d. Deviance becomes a form of social acceptance, that is, what society expects of the deviant.
Contructionist analyses often reveal the arbitrariness of official action, the bias in the administration of law, and the unjustness of controlling deviants.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Due process of law, found in the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments, is guaranteed to
a. every person in the United States. b. refugees. c. legal citizens only. d. illegal immigrants only.