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
Related Mcqs:
- 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 - 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 - According to Merton the most common adaptation in the anomie theory of deviance is_____________?
A. conformity
B. innovation
C. ritualism
D. rebellion - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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
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