Symbolic Interaction Theory States

question 51

Multiple Choice

Symbolic interaction theory states:

• A) People create shared meanings and interact based on those meanings.
• B) People are social to survive and produce offspring.
• C) Interaction breeds conflict, and conflict underlies all social relations.
• D) Those with power express their will over those without power.

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Definitions:

Shoplifter

A person who steals merchandise from a retail establishment.

Extortion

The act of taking another’s property with consent when such consent is coerced by threat to injure a victim’s person, property, or reputation.

M'Naughten Rule

A legal standard for determining whether a defendant can be deemed not guilty by reason of insanity, focusing on the defendant's ability to know right from wrong at the time of the crime.

Durham Test

A legal standard used in the United States to determine whether a defendant’s criminal act was the product of a mental disease or defect, thus providing a defense of insanity.