Which of the Following Is True of Robert Merton's Anomie

question 18

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true of Robert Merton's anomie theory of deviance and crime?

• A)Personality and psychological processes in an individual's life are sufficient to explain deviant behaviors.
• B)An innovation occurs when culturally approved goals and the importance of achieving them through the culturally approved means are rejected.
• C)Retreatism is the acceptance of the cultural goal of success but the use of socially disapproved,possibly illegal,means to achieve it.
• D)An inconsistency occurs when people are taught through the socialization process to pursue certain socially approved goals.

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