A sociologist studies how a teacher's attitudes toward particular students affects students' performance. Students of similar abilities who are "teacher's pets" perform at a high level, and students who are viewed as "troublemakers" perform poorly. This would illustrate which explanation of deviance? a. anomie theoryb. labeling theoryc. cultural transmissiond. differential association

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Coleman Hess

Social Studies

8 November, 10:58

A sociologist studies how a teacher's attitudes toward particular students affects students' performance. Students of similar abilities who are "teacher's pets" perform at a high level, and students who are viewed as "troublemakers" perform poorly. This would illustrate which explanation of deviance? a. anomie theoryb. labeling theoryc. cultural transmissiond. differential association

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Jocelyn Fry · Answer 1

b. labeling theory

Explanation:

Based on the information provided within the question it can be said that this would illustrate the explanation of deviance known as Labeling theory. This theory believes that the identity and behavior that individuals choose to take on is determined by the terms that others use to describe them. Such as the individuals being labeled in this scenario are performing exactly as they are labelled.