In Merton’s five adaptations to strain, __________ results when people accept societal goals but have few legitimate means to achieve those goals, and thus create their own means to get ahead

a. conformity
b. innovation
c. ritualism
d. retreatism


Answer: B

Sociology

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Participating in the subculture that Elijah Anderson describes as "the code of the streets" raises the risk that young people will end up:

a. conforming to conventional morality. b. doing better than their parents. c. having a career in law enforcement. d. in jail or worse.

Sociology

Observers have pointed out that culture wars are the product of

A. socialists. B. moderates. C. liberals. D. conservatives.

Sociology

The relationships we have impact the choices we make and affect our health in three major ways; through __________,__________ and __________

a. social influence; person-to-person contact; access to resources b. marriage; family; networks c. interaction; institutions, ideology d. primary; secondary; tertiary groups

Sociology

Discuss the three types of marriage as they have changed in the trend toward deinstitutionalization. Name and describe each type of marital pattern, and identify the time in which it was most prominent in the United States.

What will be an ideal response?

Sociology