What Is One Way That TV Shows About Crime Reinforce

question 50

Multiple Choice

What is one way that TV shows about crime reinforce norms about deviance?

• A) They show that villains are almost always punished.
• B) They show that sometimes even good people do bad things.
• C) They show that if you have enough money and power, you can escape justice.
• D) They show that corrupt police officers are rarely punished.

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Definitions:

Robber's Cave Study

An experiment by Muzafer Sherif in 1954 focusing on intergroup conflict and cooperation, highlighting the ease of causing and overcoming group hostilities.

Superordinate Goals

Goals shared by different groups or individuals that require their cooperation for achievement, often used to reduce conflict.

Social Dominance Orientation

A personality trait that predicts social and political attitudes, characterized by a preference for hierarchy within groups and dominance over lower status groups.

Self-objectification

The tendency to see oneself primarily as an object to be looked at and evaluated on the basis of appearance.