According to Robert K. Merton, people experience tension when they are exposed to cultural goals that they are unable to obtain because they do not have access to culturally approved means of achieving those goals. Which theory describes this idea?
A. Strain theory
B. Control theory
C. Opportunity theory
D. Differential association theory
Ans: A. Strain theory
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