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)_____________?

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1. Robert Merton’s ideas on crime and deviance make use of the concept of anomie. What does anomie mean in Merton’s work ?

   A. Normlessness
   B. meaninglessness
   C. social strain
   D. social adaptation

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. retreatists

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. retrealists

4. Institutional discrimination ?

   A. does not include environmental racism
   B. occurs because equality of opportunity causes equality of outcome
   C. occurs in part when gatekeepers admit others like themselves to positions of privilege prestige and power
   D. none of the above

5. Governance theory is mainly occupied with institutional change and it involves ______ agency.

   A. Political agency
   B. Human agency
   C. Public agency
   D. None of these

   Submitted by: Asma khan

6. Merton’s term for the hidden or forgotten reason for a particular behavior was_____________?

   A. middle-range function
   B. consumption function
   C. latent function
   D. structural function

7. According to Merton the most common adaptation in the anomie theory of deviance is_____________?

   A. conformity
   B. innovation
   C. ritualism
   D. rebellion

8. Robert Merton’s contributions to sociology include____________________?

   A. successfully combining theory and research
   B. an analysis of deviant behavior that focuses on societal goals and means
   C. an attempt to bring macro-and micro level analyses together
   D. all of the above

9. Merton’s term for the hidden or forgotten reason for a particular behavior was______________?

   A. middle-range function
   B. consumption function
   C. latent function
   D. structural function

10. Robert Merton,s contributions to sociology include______________?

    A. successfully combining theory and research
    B. an analysis of deviant behavior that focuses on societal goals and means
    C. an attempt to bring macro- and micro
    D. all of the above