Author Question: In Robert K. Merton's study of deviance, the acceptance of both the cultural goals of society and ... (Read 162 times)

washai · **on:** Jul 1, 2018

In Robert K. Merton's study of deviance, the acceptance of both the cultural goals of society and the accepted means of achieving them is termed:

a. conformity
b. innovation
c. retreatism
d. ritualism

Question 2

Talcott Parsons argued that the power elite thesis was invalid because:

a. it could not be either proved or disproved
b. it failed to take into account the mechanisms in the political system that tend to restore equilibrium
c. it failed to take into account the role of the press in manipulating public opinion
d. it did not clearly define the concept of power