According to Robert Merton's strain theory, how would you classify a low-paid, yet compulsively conforming bank teller who never seems to want to get ahead but never seems to do anything wrong?

a. innovator
b. ritualist
c. retreatist
d. rebel


b

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The growth of cities caused by people moving from rural areas to the city is called ________

A) internal migration B) immigration C) rural collapse D) industrialization

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Which of the following is not one of the criteria for a movie to pass the Bechdel-Wallace Test:

a. It must have two female characters. b. The female characters have names. c. The female characters have a conversation about something other than a man. d. At least one female character must have a nonsexual relationship with a man.

Sociology

What evidence is there that childhood is a relatively recent phenomenon?

What will be an ideal response?

Sociology

The choice not to participate in any form of organized religion is an example of individual agency.

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

Sociology