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Distinguish between deviance and stigma.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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Since 1960, life expectancy in the United States has ___________ compared to other OECD countries.
 
  a. increased faster
  b. risen equally
  c. decreased about the same
  d. increased slower



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Stigma is an attribute or quality of an individual or group that is deeply socially discrediting. Stigma does not imply the commission of any particular act and may result from physical disability, mental illness, or racial characteristics. The term deviance refers to behaviors characterized by collective denial of or assault on the social order through violation of the norms of permissible conduct.

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