In the context of Robert Merton's strain theory of deviance, _____ is a mode of adaptation in which people feel so alienated that they want to change the social structure entirely by substituting new goals and means for the current ones.
A. conformity
B. innovation
C. ritualism
D. retreatism
E. rebellion
Answer: E
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a. before age 15. b. after age 16. c. around age 17. d. after age 18
From the beginning of public education in the United States, "equality of education" has not meant
a. all children must be provided a free public education. b. all children should leave school equally qualified for employment. c. all children must be exposed to the same curriculum. d. all children within a given locality must attend the same public school. e. all schools within a locality should be financed from local tax dollars.
Why are social hierarchies important to any society's social structure?
What will be an ideal response?
Deviance is behavior that
A. is always illegal. B. violates the standards of conduct or expectations of a group or society. C. always violates the laws of a society. D. is always anomic.