According to Strain theory, ____ are those individuals who have traditional success goals but substitute deviant means by which to achieve them ?

Related Mcqs:

1. According to Strain theory, retreatants are likely to engage in what type of deviant activity ?

   A. Sexual assault
   B. terrorism
   C. counterfeiting
   D. drug abuse
   E. robbery

2. Merton describes types of response to a situation where there are widely socially endorsed values but limited means of achieving them. Which of his types describes an acceptance of the values but willingness to use any means to achieve them?

   A. Conformists
   B. innovators
   C. ritualists
   D. retrealists

3. Merton describes types of response to a situation where there are widely socially endorsed values but limited means of achieving them Which of his types describes an acceptance of the values but willingness to use any means to achieve them ?

   A. conformists
   B. innovators
   C. ritualists
   D. retreatists

4. It is very important to Sammi to do well in school, so she regularly cheats on tests According to Merton’s structural strain theory Sammi is a(n) ?

   A. conformist
   B. innovator
   C. ritualist
   D. retreatist

5. Many people sincerely accept their goals and values, but their attitude is not in consistency with the requirements of their goals This hypothesis is called______________?

   A. artful presentation of self
   B. Differed Gratification pattern
   C. The value-Stretch hypothesis
   D. None of these

6. The sociologist responsible for the modern-day adaptation of strain theory is______________?

   A. Weber
   B. Cohen
   C. Marx
   D. Merton
   E. Chambliss

7. Which approach holds that deviance is not a feature of a group or individual but a process of interaction through which one group becomes defined as deviant ?

   A. labelling theory
   B. control theory
   C. functionalist theory
   D. conflict theory

8. If a deviant act is ‘normalized’ it is______________?

   A. recognized as breaking an important norm of behavior
   B. seen a temporary aberration from an otherwise normal character
   C. the first step in establishing a deviant career
   D. attributed to the person’s genetic or anatomical make up

9. The theory pictures social movements as operating within a competitive field of movements __ a “social movement industry” ____ within which they compete not least for members and activists Which theory of social movements is this ___________?

   A. new social movement theory
   B. collective behavior theory
   C. social strain theory
   D. resource mobilization theory

10. In Merton’s terms, a person who has abandoned the goal of material success and become compulsively committed to the institutional means is a (an)_____________?

    A. ritualist
    B. retreatism
    C. rebel
    D. innovator