Question

Marginalized groups in American society-such as street punks, the homeless, and skateboarders-often engage in activities that offend or annoy most people. One of the reasons people get so annoyed is that members of these groups don't seem to care that they're the subjects of disapproval, which is to say:

A) they're engaged in taboo activities.
B) they're part of the dominant culture.
C) they don't belong in the realm of mass or popular culture.
D) they don't seem to care about negative sanctions.
E) they're actively trying to form a new subculture.

Answer 1

Answer: D

Explanation: they don't seem to care about negative Sanctions. Sanctions are forms of social control. As opposed to forms of internal control, like cultural norms and values, sanctions are usually considered a form of external control, Sanctions can either be positive (rewards) or negative (punishment), and could be from either formal or informal control.