A. metaphor
B. contagion
C. convention
D. rumor
E. gossip
A. retired person
B. a recovering alcoholic
C. nun who leaves her religious order
D. each of the above
A. ethnocentric
B. self-centered
C. other-directed
D. deterministic
A. access and exchange private information about consumers
B. reduce prison overcrowding by the use of electronic tagging
C. monitor employees’ activities at work
D. all of the above
A. Deviant behavior is an anomaly in social life
B. Deviance is a property conferred upon particular behaviors by social definitions
C. Deviance exists independently of a culture’s norms
D. none of the above
A. Religion is a driving force in society
B. Class conflict and class exploitation is prime force history
C. Equilibrium drives the society
D. None of these
A. the profound
B. the profuse
C. the profitable
D. the profane