Functionalist Theories of Deviance

question 92

Multiple Choice

Functionalist theories of deviance

• A) fear that deviance creates the breakdown of society.
• B) view deviance as necessary in order to clarify what the norms of society are.
• C) believe that punishment of deviance is dysfunctional because it prevents the deviance that is necessary for society.
• D) assume that norms are largely meaningless.

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Definitions:

MSE

Mean Squared Error, a measure of the average of the squares of the errors or deviations from the estimated values versus the actual values.

Mean Square

A statistic used in contexts such as ANOVA, representing the average of squares of a set of numbers.

Degrees of Freedom

A statistical property that describes the number of values in the final calculation of a statistic that are free to vary.

Mean Square

The average of the squares of the differences between observed values and the values predicted by a model.