Using Robert Merton's Strain Theory, How Would You Classify a Low-Paid

question 80

Multiple Choice

Using Robert Merton's strain theory, how would you classify a low-paid, yet compulsively conforming bank teller who never seems to want to get ahead but never seems to do anything wrong?

• A)innovator
• B)ritualist
• C)retreatist
• D)rebel

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