The Veterans Administration was formed to provide needed services for those who had served in the military. Many have complained in recent years that VA employees seem more interested in following bureaucratic regulations than in serving the veteran. In Merton's typology of deviance, such behavior could be considered an example of:
a. conformity
b. rebellion
c. retreatism
d. ritualism
Question 2An organization that attempts to influence elected and appointed officials with respect to a specific issue or set of issues is:
a. an interest group
b. an oligarchy
c. a political-action committee
d. a political party
Question 3In Robert K. Merton's study of deviance, the act of rejecting cultural goals but accepting the means of achieving them is termed:
a. innovation
b. rebellion
c. retreatism
d. ritualism
Question 4In his analysis of the power structure of New Haven, Connecticut, Robert Dahl concluded that:
a. important decisions were being made by the federal government in opposition to the wishes of local leaders
b. no elites existed in New Haven
c. no more than 40 powerful men had the ability to make decisions on important issues
d. no single group was responsible for all of the decisions that might affect the city's future
Question 5In Robert K. Merton's theory of deviance, the act of accepting society's culturally approved goals but stepping over the boundaries of acceptable goal-seeking behavior is called:
a. innovation
b. rebellion
c. retreatism
d. ritualism
Question 6In his analysis of the power structure of Atlanta, Georgia, Floyd Hunter discovered that the most powerful members of the community were:
a. business leaders
b. civil servants
c. labor leaders
d. professionals
Question 7Gale works as an attorney twelve hours a day, six days a week. She is good at what she does, and as a result now owns a 500,000 house in the suburbs. According to Merton's typology, Gale would be classified as:
a. a conformist
b. an innovator
c. an overachiever
d. a ritualist
Question 8In his analysis of the community power structure of Atlanta, Georgia, Floyd Hunter concluded that:
a. class conflict is fairly well developed
b. decision making in the community is a fairly democratic process
c. elite groups compete with one another for power
d. no more than 40 powerful men have the ability to make decisions on important issues
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