Robert Merton’s contributions to sociology include____________________?

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1. 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

2. 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

3. Who coined the term sociology and is generally considered to be the founder of sociology ?

   A. Karl Marx
   B. Auguste Comte
   C. Max Weber
   D. Emile Durkheim

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. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

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. 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