According to Merton, most people exposed to strain between cultural goals and social reality will engage in rebellion.

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According to Merton's strain theory, most people adapt to the strain between cultural goals and social reality through conformity rather than rebellion. Rebellion is just one of five modes of adaptation he identified, with the others being conformity, innovation, ritualism, and retreatism.

According to Merton, Most People Exposed to Strain Between Cultural