Question

A sociologist studies how a teacher's attitudes toward particular students affect 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 illustrates which explanation of deviance?

A. anomie theory
B. labeling theory
C. cultural transmission
D. differential association

Answer 1

Labeling theory

Step-by-step explanation:

Labeling theory argues that a person's behavior and identity may be influenced by the term they are classified or described with. Therefore, a person will most likely act out how he/she is classified. So, when a individual is classified as "deviant", it could lead to that individual engaging in the deviant behavior, hence affecting the social identity of the individual.

Therefore the study of the sociologist illustrates labeling theory.