Study the following statement and then present an argument that either supports or refutes this statement. Remember to use course concepts: According to retreatism, where conformity is discussed, the activities of “psychotics, autists, pariahs, outcasts, vagrants, vagabonds, tramps, chronic drunkards and drug addicts” are reflective of having relinquished culturally prescribed goals and their behavior does not accord with institutional norms.
What will be an ideal response?
Just as Adaptation I (conformity) remains the most frequent, Adaptation IV (the rejection of cultural goals and institutional means) is probably the least common. People who adapt (or maladapt) in this fashion are, strictly speaking, in the society but not of it. Sociologically, these constitute the true aliens. Not sharing the common frame of values, they can be included as members of the society (in distinction from the population) only in a fictional sense.
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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What will be an ideal response?
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)