Unit 2: AC2.3 - Functionalism (Merton) - Interactionism SOC Flashcards
1
Q
Merton, key assumption
A
Individuals commit crime when they are unable to achieve socially approved goals in legitimate ways. They experience a strain between goals and achieving them.
2
Q
What five ways can someone adapt to a strain?
A
- Rebellion
- Retreatism
- Ritualism
- Innovation
- Conformity
3
Q
Rebellion
A
Rejecting existing goals and replacing them with new ones (hippies)
4
Q
Retreatism
A
Rejecting goals and legitimately achieving them (psychos, addicts)
5
Q
Ritualism
A
Given up on achieving goals but do it legitimately (lower MC office workers)
6
Q
Conformity
A
Accepting achieving goals legitimately (MC)
