Assignment VINotes:
1.
2.
3.
4.
This assignment requires you to exchange surveys with a class mate and assess the “deviance” of the
following acts and attributes.
For each of the acts or attributes in the list indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree that it is
deviant by highlighting the appropriate number. Then exchange the survey with your partner.
Remember to ask demographic information about your partner too!
Then analyze you and your partner’s answers and demographics
Part I
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After you have confirmed with your partner and exchanged surveys:
Ask the person their (social status):
o Race/ethnicity
o economic status (i.e. middle class, working class, poor)
o gender
o age
o religion
Part II
1. Ask them to identify which three of the items they saw as “most deviant” and which three as
“least deviant”.
Part III
1. Now it is time for you to analyze the surveys.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
First analyze yourself and then analyze your partner’s answers
Did you tend to agree with one another?
Were your most and least deviant choices similar or different?
What areas tended to be similar and what areas seemed to be the polar opposites?
And do you think the above mentioned social markers had anything to do with the
differences and/or similarities?
2. Compile ALL of your analyzing into a TWO PAGE double spaced response.
3. Include yours and your partner’s filled out surveys with assignment.
Make sure to include
the name of your partner &
surveys with your submission!
1|Page
Use this scale for your answers: 5 = very deviant; 1 = not deviant.
1.
Drinking under age
5
4
3
2
1
2.
Using cocaine
5
4
3
2
1
3.
Cohabitating (living together)
5
4
3
2
1
4.
Being an atheist
5
4
3
2
1
5.
Being gay or lesbian
5
4
3
2
1
6.
Price fixing by a corporation
5
4
3
2
1
7.
Forcing sex on someone
5
4
3
2
1
8.
Cheating on a test
5
4
3
2
1
9.
Dealing drugs
5
4
3
2
1
10. Lying to the IRS
5
4
3
2
1
11. Abusing a child
5
4
3
2
1
12. Torturing animals
5
4
3
2
1
13. Embezzling money
5
4
3
2
1
14. Having AIDS
5
4
3
2
1
15. Undocumented Immigrants
5
4
3
2
1
16. Driving while intoxicated
5
4
3
2
1
17. Being a victim of date rape
5
4
3
2
1
18. Illegally dumping toxic waste
5
4
3
2
1
19. Having sex before the age of 18
5
4
3
2
1
20. Being devoutly religious
5
4
3
2
1
21. Speeding
5
4
3
2
1
22. Fake ID
5
4
3
2
1
23. Racial Profiling
5
4
3
2
1
24. Engaging in sex in public
5
4
3
2
1
25. Ignoring a homeless person
5
4
3
2
1
2|Page
Use this scale for partner’s answers: 5 = very deviant; 1 = not deviant.
1.
Drinking under age
5
4
3
2
1
2.
Using cocaine
5
4
3
2
1
3.
Cohabitating (living together)
5
4
3
2
1
4.
Being an atheist
5
4
3
2
1
5.
Being gay or lesbian
5
4
3
2
1
6.
Price fixing by a corporation
5
4
3
2
1
7.
Forcing sex on someone
5
4
3
2
1
8.
Cheating on a test
5
4
3
2
1
9.
Dealing drugs
5
4
3
2
1
10. Lying to the IRS
5
4
3
2
1
11. Abusing a child
5
4
3
2
1
12. Torturing animals
5
4
3
2
1
13. Embezzling money
5
4
3
2
1
14. Having AIDS
5
4
3
2
1
15. Undocumented Immigrants
5
4
3
2
1
16. Driving while intoxicated
5
4
3
2
1
17. Being a victim of date rape
5
4
3
2
1
18. Illegally dumping toxic waste
5
4
3
2
1
19. Having sex before the age of 18
5
4
3
2
1
20. Being devoutly religious
5
4
3
2
1
21. Speeding
5
4
3
2
1
22. Fake ID
5
4
3
2
1
23. Racial Profiling
5
4
3
2
1
24. Engaging in sex in public
5
4
3
2
1
25. Ignoring a homeless person
5
4
3
2
1
3|Page
Use this scale for your answers: 5 = very deviant; 1 = not deviant.
1.
Drinking under age
5
4
3
2
1
2.
Using cocaine
5
4
3
2
1
3.
Cohabitating (living together)
5
4
3
2
1
4.
Being an atheist
5
4
3
2
1
5.
Being gay or lesbian
5
4
3
2
1
6.
Price fixing by a corporation
5
4
3
2
1
7.
Forcing sex on someone
5
4
3
2
1
8.
Cheating on a test
5
4
3
2
1
9.
Dealing drugs
5
4
3
2
1
10. Lying to the IRS
5
4
3
2
1
11. Abusing a child
5
4
3
2
1
12. Torturing animals
5
4
3
2
1
13. Embezzling money
5
4
3
2
1
14. Having AIDS
5
4
3
2
1
15. Undocumented Immigrants
5
4
3
2
1
16. Driving while intoxicated
5
4
3
2
1
17. Being a victim of date rape
5
4
3
2
1
18. Illegally dumping toxic waste
5
4
3
2
1
19. Having sex before the age of 18
5
4
3
2
1
20. Being devoutly religious
5
4
3
2
1
21. Speeding
5
4
3
2
1
22. Fake ID
5
4
3
2
1
23. Racial Profiling
5
4
3
2
1
24. Engaging in sex in public
5
4
3
2
1
25. Ignoring a homeless person
5
4
3
2
1
1|Page