The Situational Approach to Defining Deviance Involves Defining Actions, Labeling

question 10

True/False

The situational approach to defining deviance involves defining actions, labeling actions, and responding to the label attached to actions.

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Definitions:

Time-outs

A disciplinary technique in which a child is temporarily removed from an environment where inappropriate behavior has occurred.

Spanking

The act of striking the buttocks with an open hand as a form of punishment or discipline.

Surprising Fact

An unexpected piece of information that is surprising or startling to learn.

Transcendent Goodness

A concept of moral or ethical superiority that goes beyond ordinary limits to embrace universal values.