According to strain theory, ______ accept the same cultural goals the conformists do, but they reject the conventional means of achieving them.

A. ritualists
B. conformists
C. innovators
D. retreatists


Answer: C

Sociology

You might also like to view...

Why are the issues of abortion and gay rights so contentious in the United States, as compared to in other industrialized nations?

A. There are many American politicians who try to make these issues contentious. B. Americans try too hard to separate issues of church and state. C. People enjoy debating these issues. D. The high level of religiosity in the U.S. tends to influence political debates.

Sociology

The social world model used in the text is an example of a closed-system model.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

Sociology

When an entire occupation transitions from one gender to another, usually from a predominantly male to a predominantly female occupation, this is known as:

a. ghettoization b. patriarchal dissolution c. resegregation d. protective labor

Sociology

Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

Malcolm X argued for moral education.

Sociology