What does Robert Merton call someone who engages in deviant behavior in order to achieve socially approved goals?


Answer: Innovators

Sociology

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In a scatter diagram, the predictor variable goes on the __________ axis

Fill in the blanks with correct word

Sociology

The principle that beliefs and activities should be interpreted within the context of the culture in which they occur is called ______.

A. dominant culture B. counterculture C. ethnocentrism D. cultural relativism

Sociology

In most human societies more females are born than males

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Sociology

Some sociologists have suggested that in the southern U.S. in the pre-civil rights era, an African American individual was born into a status that would always be subordinate to the status of all of the White members of the community. This is an example of a(n)

A. estate system. B. class system. C. caste system. D. feudal system.

Sociology