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cdr_15 · **on:** Jul 1, 2018

According to Merton's strain theory, the social class most likely to engage in deviance is the:

a. lower class.
b. working class.
c. middle class.
d. upper class.

Question 2

Citizens sometimes complain that employees in government agencies are more concerned about following the rules, even when this doesn't make sense, than they are about helping citizens. Robert Merton would refer to these employees as:

a. ritualists.
b. conformists.
c. innovators.
d. retreatists.