Question

15- When someone accepts the cultural goals of society but rejects the institutionalized means for achieving them, this is referred to by Merton as:

Conformity


Innovation


Ritualism


Retreatism

16- According to Currie (1997), Market Societies are:

seen in all capitalist societies


seen only in capitalist societies that are out of balance because market principles overwhelm both family and social values


seen in societies with compassionate capitalism


None of the Above

17- In the article by Currie (1997), it is argued that the “systematic ____” is the most destructive feature of market societies.

weakening of public supports


assault on steady livelihood


trickling-down of wealth


weakening of our borders

18- In lecture it was discussed that Cloward and Ohlin (1963) argued that middle class youth had:

better morals than lower class youth


greater access to legitimate opportunities than lower class youth


greater self-control that lower class youth


greater pressures to succeed than lower class youth

19- As discussed in lecture, Sharkey (2013) revealed that FHA loans in the 1950s:

subsidized White outmigration from inner-cities


subsidized the integration of suburbia by encouraging racially integrated neighborhoods


helped expand equal opportunities to everyone


discouraged the use of restrictive covenants

20- Instead of changing the structure of society by ____, Cazenave (2007) argues that many of the programs initiated during the War on Poverty focused on ____.

expanding work training, creating new job opportunities in the inner city


expanding education, structural change


expanding opportunities, changing individuals


democratic means, communist revolution

21- A state of normlessness is captured by the term:

Imbalance


Criminal


Anomie


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Answer 1

15.Innovation is the answer

According to Robert K. Merton, individuals are categorized as an individual's level of diference based on the amount of social instability present in their lives.Merton theorized that individuals can either accept or reject these norms and means. It is important to note that those who fail to acknowledge cultural goals and institutionalized means may introduce new goals and means. This is known as rebellion.

16.The answer is None of the above.

According to Currie (1997), Market societies are those in which the pursuit of private gain becomes the dominant organizing principle of social and economic life that are likely to breed high levels of violent crime.

17.In the article by Currie (1997), it is argued that the “systematic assault on steady livelihood ” is the most destructive feature of market societies.

18.In lecture it was discussed that Cloward and Ohlin (1963) argued that middle class youth had:
better morals than lower class youth

19.As discussed in lecture, Sharkey (2013) revealed that FHA loans in the 1950s:

subsidized the integration of suburbia by encouraging racially integrated neighborhoods.

20.Instead of changing the structure of society by expanding opportunities,Cazenave (2007) argues that many of the programs initiated during the War on Poverty focused on changing individuals .

21.A state of normlessness is captured by the term:

Anomie

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