Sociologists Who Study Deviance Tend to Focus Only on the Most

question 125

Multiple Choice

Sociologists who study deviance tend to focus only on the most extreme and obvious forms of deviance. What is this approach sometimes called?

• A) the outsider's approach
• B) the Marxist approach
• C) the structural functionalist approach
• D) the nuts and sluts approach
• E) the hyperphagous approach

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Definitions:

Unconscious Mental Processes

Mental processes that occur without conscious awareness, influencing perceptions, thoughts, and behaviors.

Oedipus Complex

A psychoanalytic theory describing a child's feelings of desire for the opposite-sex parent and jealousy towards the same-sex parent.

Free Association

An approach in psychoanalysis where the patient expresses thoughts openly and without filtering to uncover the workings of the unconscious mind.

Hypnosis

A focused state resembling trance, characterized by heightened suggestibility, commonly utilized for therapeutic goals.