An Administrator Becomes Obsessed with Rules and Regulations and Loses

question 7

Multiple Choice

An administrator becomes obsessed with rules and regulations and loses sight of the objectives these rules were intended to achieve. In Mertonʹs view, this is an example of which form of deviance?

• A) primary deviance
• B) evasion of norms
• C) ritualism
• D) retreatism

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Definitions:

Protein Degradation

The process of breaking down proteins into their constituent amino acids or peptides, usually by cellular enzymes.

Chemical Modification

The alteration of a chemical compound's structure through chemical reactions, often to change its properties or activity.

TATA Box

A DNA sequence found in the promoter region of genes, usually about 25 base pairs upstream from the transcriptional start site, and is crucial for the initiation of transcription in some genes.

Proteolytic Processing

The cleavage of proteins by enzymes called proteases, which can activate, deactivate, or modify the function of the protein.