Functions of deviance - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Diathesis Stress Model Individual vulnerability x experience. Diathesis is another way of saying vulnerability. Stress is like a change, doesn't have to be stressful. Diathesis can be: genetics, temperament, sensitivity to startle Stress can be individual, cultural, and societal influences Abnormal psych attempts to Describe (a set of behaviors) Explain Predict and change/modify behaviors Common features of abnormality (4 D's) Deviance, distress, dysfunction, and da...

ethics - correct answer the set of moral principles or values that defines right and wrong for a person or group ethical behavior - correct answer behavior that conforms to society's accepted principles of right and wrong workplace deviance - correct answer unethical behavior that violates organizational norms about right and wrong production deviance - correct answer unethical behavior that hurts the quality and quantity of work produced property deviance - correct answer unethical...

Sociology Chapter 7 - Questions and Answers Reducing prison overcrowding, the costs of dealing with offenders, and helping offenders avoid the stigma of incarceration are all advantages of a. societal protection. b. criminal recidivism. c. the death penalty. d. community-based corrections. Thomas Szasz made the controversial assertion that a. deviance is only what people label as deviant. b. most people in the United States will become insane for some period during their lives. c. mental illne...

Organizational Behavior correct answers -Understand the impact that individuals, groups, and structure have on employee behavior within organizations -Apply OB knowledge toward improving organizational effectiveness Task Behavior correct answers -Meeting or exceeding the core duties and responsibilities of a given job -Contribute to technical core (i.e., production of a good or provision of a service) -Formally recognized as part of the job -e.g. professor at MSU -Most important performa...

Sociology 205 Exam 1 With 100% Correct Answers 2023 High-income countries - Correct Answer-aka industrial countries; nations wit highly industrialized economies; technologically advanced industrial, administrative, and service occupations; high levels of national and personal income Sociology - Correct Answer-the systematic study of human society and social interaction Social facts - Correct Answer-Emile Durkheim's term for patterned ways of acting, thinking, and feeling that exist outsi...

PSY 240 FINAL EXAM (UOFT) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECT Psychopathology - Answer- symptoms that cause mental, emotional, and/or physical pain abnormality - Answer- Any pattern of behavior that causes people significant distress, causes them to harm themselves or others, or interferes with their ability to function in daily life. Culture and Gender and diagnoses - Answer- culture and gender can influence: 1. the ways people express symptoms 2. People's willingness to admit to certa...

SED2601 ASSIGNMENT 2 - 2023 () CLOSING DATE: 20 JUNE 2023 Question 1 1.1 Discuss what is meant by the concept of social order. (3) 1.2 Define the concept of socialism. (3) 1.3 Explain what is meant by the following terms and give one example of each: a) Society (3) b) Deviance (3) 1.4 One of the functions of sociology of education is the development of new social patterns (see p5 in SoE). Briefly discuss how this aim could be taught in the classroom. 1.5 What are the assumpt...

Sophia pathway Introduction to Sociology - Final Test. Compared to other countries, China and Peru have an average standard of living. China and Peru, therefore, are examples of which of the following? • Core countries • High-income countries • Low-income countries • Middle-income countries Which of the following is NOT a variable in the population growth equation? • Emigration • Number of births • Infant mortality rate • Immigration Whi...

PSY 240 FINAL EXAM (UOFT) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECT Psychopathology - Answer- symptoms that cause mental, emotional, and/or physical pain abnormality - Answer- Any pattern of behavior that causes people significant distress, causes them to harm themselves or others, or interferes with their ability to function in daily life. Culture and Gender and diagnoses - Answer- culture and gender can influence: 1. the ways people express symptoms 2. People's willingness to admit to certa...

What is the functionalist view on crime? - Agrue crime and deviance can only be understood by looking at the way societies are socially organised; their social structures. Say crime is caused by society rather than teh circumstances of the individual. What 3 ideas did Durkheim develop? - 1. Mechanical solidarity 2. Organic solidarity 3. Functions of crime Mechanical Solidarity (Durkheim) - Argued traditional societies had little crime and deviance because of the existence of strong soc...