"The Saints and the Roughnecks" by William Chambliss Describes Two

question 93

Multiple Choice

"The Saints and the Roughnecks" by William Chambliss describes two groups of boys in a small town. Both groups of boys engaged in a considerable amount of deviance, but it was the Roughnecks, even though their deviance was less dangerous to the community, who were constantly in trouble with the police. As a result, all but one of the Saints went on to college and to professional careers, while only two of the Roughnecks went on to college. Given this information, which of the following statements is true?

• A) Labels are not 100 percent deterministic.
• B) The Saints engaged in tertiary deviance.
• C) The Roughnecks were never guilty of any act of primary deviance.
• D) The behavior of these two groups is best explained by psychology.
• E) Self-fulfilling prophecies have an almost total power over our futures.

Understand the role of experience and environmental interaction in the development of perception and brain functioning.

Recognize key milestones and patterns in infant physical development and their implications for care.

Familiarize with breastfeeding recommendations and practices that support child health.

Understand the principles of sensorimotor development and stages.

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Definitions:

Chi-squared Test

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More Than Two Categories

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Z-test

A statistical test used to determine if there is a significant difference between sample and population means, assuming the population variance is known.

Chi-squared Test

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