John desires the best things in life – a fast car, designer clothes, and membership in exclusive clubs. But rather than work his way through the system, he has discovered he can have all these things by selling crack cocaine in the inner city.
How would Merton classify John?
A) a ritualist
B) a anarchist
C) a rebel
D) an innovator
Ans: D) an innovator
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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A) ?They have less autonomy and freedom from supervision compared to middle-class people. B) ?They have worked for their wealth rather than inherited it. C) ?They live on earned income rather than accumulated wealth. D) ?They are the old rich who have been wealthy for generations. E) ?They have severe restrictions in choice of occupation.
Differentiating various realms of social experience, Schutz use the term umwelt to
a. refer to the overt feelings experienced via social institutions. b. refer to the unfelt subconscious feelings of the individual. c. refer to the realm of directly experienced social reality. d. refer to the realm of indirectly experienced social reality.