Robert K. Merton believed that the origins of deviant behavior lie in:
a. attempts by the upper classes to regulate the behavior of the poor
b. people's genetic structures
c. social structures that exert pressure toward nonconformity
d. the state of mind of people who commit deviant acts
C
You might also like to view...
Fewer minorities attend and graduate from graduate schools, which will result in a low proportion of minority industrial workers in the near future
a. true b. false
Sociologist Ralf Dahrendorf offers a two-stage model to capture the life of a social movement
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Identify the dependent variable in the following hypothesis:
If age increases then income increases. a. age b. income c. both a and b d. none of the above
A unit of analysis refers to the item being measured
Indicate whether the statement is true or false