What Term Did Sociologist Robert Merton Use to Refer to the Professor

question 31

Multiple Choice

What term did sociologist Robert Merton use to refer to the professor who fails all people in his class who are of Aboriginal descent and then explains this pattern by saying that all Aboriginals are simply not prepared to attend university because of their substandard secondary education?

• A)unprejudiced discriminator
• B)prejudiced discriminator
• C)prejudiced nondiscriminatory
• D)unprejudiced nondiscriminator

---

Definitions:

Overload Theory

A psychological concept proposing that individuals have a limit to the amount of information or stimuli they can process, with overload leading to stress or error.

Pathological Theory

An approach that explains behavior or phenomena as the result of individual disease, dysfunction, or disorder.

Secondary Territory

Spaces that do not belong to individuals but to which they have some claim of use or occupation, often public or semi-public.

Open Territory

Refers to areas or spaces that are not claimed or controlled by any one group or organization, allowing free access and use.