When an Individual Uses Deviant Behavior as a Means of Defense

question 61

Multiple Choice

When an individual uses deviant behavior as a means of defense, attack, or adjustment to the overt and covert problems created by the consequent societal reaction to him or her, it is called:

• A)Primary deviance
• B)Secondary deviance
• C)Defense deviance
• D)Reactive deviance

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Definitions:

Surface-Area-To-Volume Ratio

The proportion between the surface area of a body to its volume, affecting rates of heat loss, material exchange, and metabolic rates.

Absorption

The process by which substances are taken up and assimilated into the body of an organism.

Gas Exchange

The biological process by which gases (such as oxygen and carbon dioxide) are transferred between living organisms and the environment, typically occurring in the lungs in humans and across the surfaces of leaves in plants.

Endosymbiosis

A theory explaining the origin of eukaryotic cells from prokaryotic organisms through a symbiotic relationship.