Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Merton identified five adaptations to strain.
2. Merton believes that most frustration and strain comes from trying to achieve societal goals without sufficient access to the legitimate means to do so.
3. In organic societies, a consensus about norms and values is more difficult relative to mechanical societies.
4. A society made up of a mix of members whose values are rooted in Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, and atheism will have a very strong collective conscience.
5. Comte showed that areas with rapid changes in economic conditions have low crime rates.


1. False
2. True
3. True
4. False
5. False

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