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PQYC Introduction To Sociology Practice Test

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Which Merton adaptation involves rejecting the dominant cultural goals and means and creating new ones?
Correct Answer:
Rebellion
Explanation:
In Merton's strain theory, rebellion is the adaptation that rejects the dominant cultural goals and the approved means and creates a new set of goals and new means. It’s not just a withdrawal or a different way of pursuing success; it involves actively replacing the existing social order with an alternative system, often through collective action or a counterculture. This sets it apart from conformity, which accepts both goals and means; innovation, which accepts the goals but uses new or illegitimate means; ritualism, which clings to the means while giving up on the goals; and retreatism, which rejects both goals and means without substituting a new framework.

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