Robert Merton's Typology of Deviance Outlines the Strain That People

question 63

Multiple Choice

Robert Merton's typology of deviance outlines the strain that people experience as they attempt to access cultural goals through legitimate, institutionalized means. In which of the following categories would gangsters and con artists be found?

• A) conformity
• B) innovation
• C) ritualism
• D) retreatism

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Reciprocal Services Method

An accounting method used to allocate costs between departments of an organization that provide services to each other.

Support Department Costs

Expenses incurred by service departments that do not directly produce goods but support other departments that do.

Total Janitorial Costs

The complete expenses associated with cleaning and maintaining a facility.

Market Value

The current price at which an asset or service can be bought or sold in the open market, subject to supply and demand.