Question

Which of the following is the BEST example of deviant behavior? Question 3 options: A teenager spends all afternoon texting her friends. A middle-aged man wears jeans to a black-tie wedding. A college student organizes a political rally on his campus. A twenty-five-year-old woman wears a black miniskirt and heavy makeup to a nightclub.

Answer 1

Answer: A middle-aged man wears jeans to a black-tie wedding.

Explanation:

Both sociology and psychiatry examine deviant behavior, which is any conduct that goes against the general norms of society.

A teenager texting a lot is the expected behavior of someone at that age. Wearing a short skirt and makeup is the expected behavior of women in a night out.

Up to the twentieth century, social protests were considered as deviant behavior, because they were seen as indicative of a malfunction in the social fabric, but researchers now study the rational and instrumental aspects of political demonstrations.

Only the case of a middle-aged man going against the rules of a black-tie wedding could be considered as deviant behavior.