Question
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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Summary
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Nebraska | 01/27/2024 | Y | 6 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Imperial | 01/27/2024 | Y | 7 | 8.57 | 71% | 14% | 0% |
Data
| Bristol | Cambridge C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oxford A | Cambridge A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Cambridge B | Warwick | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Durham A | Edinburgh | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Imperial A | Imperial B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Oxford C | Kiel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sheffield | Oxford B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |