When Biologists and Psychologists Look at Deviants,they Typically Ask

question 100

Multiple Choice

When biologists and psychologists look at deviants,they typically ask

• A) what is wrong with them or at least different about them.
• B) why some acts are defined as deviant in one setting and not in another.
• C) why some people are severely punished while others are not punished for the same behavior.
• D) why the incidence of deviance varies from group to group.

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Definitions:

Skewed

Describes a distribution of data that is not symmetrical, where one tail is longer or fatter than the other.

Standard Deviation

An indicator of how spread out or scattered a collection of numbers is, showing the degree to which these numbers differ from their average value.

Variability

The extent to which data points in a statistical distribution or dataset differ from the average or mean value.

Median

The middle value in a sorted, ascending or descending, list of numbers.