When Studying Deviance, Sociologists Often Focus on the Most Obvious

question 81

Multiple Choice

When studying deviance, sociologists often focus on the most obvious and extreme forms of deviant behavior. What are the consequences of this approach?

• A) Only deviant individuals who receive media attention will be studied.
• B) Only those deviant individuals who embrace their deviant labels will be studied.
• C) Only the deviant behaviors of the rich and powerful will be studied.
• D) The values and norms of the powerful are left unexamined, while the deviance of the poor is scrutinized.
• E) Few, if any, of the most serious problems in a given society can be identified.

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Definitions:

Cost Flow Assumptions

Assumptions made about how costs flow through inventory accounts that affect the cost of goods sold and ending inventory valuation.

LIFO

Last In, First Out, an inventory valuation method where the most recently produced or purchased items are the first to be expensed.

Dollar-Value LIFO

Dollar-Value LIFO method is an inventory costing method that uses the LIFO principle coupled with grouping inventory into pools based on dollar value instead of physical units.