Functionalist Theories of Deviance

question 30

Multiple Choice

Functionalist theories of deviance

• A) fear that deviance creates the breakdown of society.
• B) view deviance as necessary in order to create social cohesion.
• 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:

Retroactive Amnesia

A type of amnesia where an individual loses memories for events that occurred before a certain event, often a traumatic one, making it difficult to remember past information.

Retrograde Amnesia

A loss of memory-access to events that occurred, or information that was learned, before an injury or the onset of a disease.

Prefrontal Lobe

A part of the frontal lobes of the brain involved in decision making, social behavior, and personality expression.

Hippocampus

A major component of the brains of humans and other vertebrates, involved in the consolidation of information from short-term memory to long-term memory and spatial navigation.