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Merton’s theory of anomie refers to 

________make social life possible by making behavior predictable.

Alex is an accomplished singer but refrains form singing while in class, at 2 am when relatives are sleeping, or to strangers in an elevator.  By considering the social context in  which one behaves, this example reflects the ____ view of deviance.

While attending a movie, Sam talks out loud to his friends and disregards the persons sitting nearby.  Mead would suggest that Sam has a poorly developed sense of:

Which of the following is an ethnic group:

In some societies, _____ is used to absorb a minority group into the mainstream culture by allowing the minority group to adopt the dominant group’s patterns in their own way and at their own speed.

As a student you have an important exam tomorrow which you must study for, however, you learn that your mother is in the hospital and you feel obligated to visit her as well.  You are likely to experience:

Karl Marx suggested that the force which drives human history and is at the core of human progress is:

_____ is composed of language, beliefs, values, norms, and material objects.

Sociologist Howard Becker views deviance as socially constructed.   As such, deviance is defined _____.