Merton Believed That There Are 5 Modes of Adaptation to Strains

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Multiple Choice

Merton believed that there are 5 modes of adaptation to strains. These modes are:

• A) Fundamentalists, forgivers, ritualists, retreatists, and retaliationists
• B) Fundamentalists, forgivers, realists, retreatists, and retaliationists
• C) Conformists, innovators, realists, renovators, and rebels
• D) Conformists, innovators, ritualists, retreatists, and rebels

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Definitions:

Horney

Karen Horney, a psychoanalyst known for her theory on neurotic personality organization and her criticisms of Freud's theories on female psychology.

Jung

Carl Jung was a Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology, known for concepts such as the collective unconscious and archetypes.

Psychoanalytic Perspectives

A theoretical approach that seeks to explain human behavior through unconscious motives, conflicts, and childhood experiences.

External World

The outer physical reality that exists independently of individual perceptions and thoughts.