Robert KMerton's Functional Analysis of Deviance and Crime Addressed the Issue

question 69

Multiple Choice

Robert K.Merton's functional analysis of deviance and crime addressed the issue that although society has become much more affluent in the twentieth century,crime rates continued to rise.Merton responded to this quandary by:

• A) determining that economic factors were no longer relevant to crime
• B) emphasizing the morality socialized into particular groups
• C) identifying a sense of relative deprivation as a factor in deviance
• D) recognizing that people with deviant peers are more likely to participate in deviant behavior
• E) uncovering the genetic processes that affect decision making of criminals

Understand the different levels of protein structure and their implications in the biochemical function of hemoglobin.

Grasp the basic concepts of cellular metabolism and the biochemical activities necessary for energy acquisition and utilization.

Comprehend the structural components and functions of lipids, including triglycerides and phospholipids, in biological systems.

Understand the significance of the primary structure of proteins and its role in determining the overall protein function.

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Definitions:

Transitivity

Principle that says if a relation holds between a first object and a second object, and holds between the second object and a third object, then it holds between the first object and the third object. Piaget argued that an understanding of transitivity is characteristic of concrete operational thought.

Logical

Pertaining to the use of reason and systematic thinking to analyze and form judgments.

Seriation

The concrete operation that involves ordering stimuli along a quantitative dimension (such as length).

Horizontal Décalage

The observation that within Piaget’s stages of cognitive development, some abilities do not appear simultaneously but develop sequentially over time.