This paradigm’s creator posited a typology of five individual adaptations that each involve the rejection of culturally-accepted goals or the socially-accepted means of achieving goals. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name his paradigm, which Robert Agnew modified into a “general” theory that emphasizes the importance of negative emotional responses in behavior.
ANSWER: strain theory
[10m] Strain theory as developed by Robert K. Merton drew strongly on this concept first posited as a “malady of the infinite” in the book The Division of Labor in Society. This concept involves the social instability that results from a breakdown in values.
ANSWER: anomie [accept anomic approach] (The Division of Labour in Society was written by Émile Durkheim.)
[10e] Explaining this deviant behavior is one of the main goals of strain theory. Broken windows theory suggests that this behavior is fostered by visible signs of decay.
ANSWER: crime [or criminal activity; prompt on antisocial behavior; prompt on civil disorder]t
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