In Wayward Pilgrims,Kai Erikson Built on ÉMile Durkheim's Concept of Deviance,concluding

question 57

Multiple Choice

In Wayward Pilgrims,Kai Erikson built on Émile Durkheim's concept of deviance,concluding that:

• A) a society needs a certain quota of deviants to function and maintain itself
• B) the role of police, courts, and psychiatrists is to eliminate deviance and thereby improve society
• C) the Puritans "refined deviance down," resulting in many of the social problems we face today
• D) deviants were created by those people who would try to eliminate them
• E) deviance is actually a cultural norm, not nonconformist as Durkheim believed

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Definitions:

Quantity Demanded

The total amount of a good or service that consumers are willing and able to purchase at a given price.

Substitute

Replacement items or alternatives that consumers may choose, which impacts market demand and competition among sellers.

Demand Curve

A graphical representation showing the relationship between the price of a good or service and the quantity demanded by consumers over a range of prices.

Inferior Goods

Goods whose demand decreases when consumers' income increases. They are the opposite of normal goods, which see increased demand with higher income.