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) ?

Related Mcqs:

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

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

3. A survey that asks the respondent to indicate their level of education and includes response categories of some high school high school and university violated which important rule for constructing close-ended items for naires ?

   A. exhaustive
   B. mutually exclusive
   C. comprehensive
   D. tangible
   E. relevant

4. Which one of these would not be regarded as a dysfunction of bureaucracy according to Merton ?

   A. the rules could be upheld at all cost even in the face of a better solution
   B. people know they should be guaranteed fair and consistent treatment
   C. adherence to the rules takes precedence over organizational goals
   D. workers are not encouraged to be flexible in making decisions

5. 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

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

   A. ritualists
   B. ret realists
   C. rebels
   D. innovators
   E. conformists

7. 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

8. 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

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