People who reject both the existing values and the means of achieving them but work to substitute new ones and reconstruct the social system would be what type according to Robert K.Merton?
A) conformists
B) innovators
C) ritualists
D) retreatists
E) rebels

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According to Robert K. Merton's strain theory, individuals who reject both the existing values and means of achieving them but work to substitute new ones and reconstruct the social system are rebels. They do not conform to existing norms and values, nor do they innovate within the existing system. Instead, they actively work to create a new system with new values and norms.

People Who Reject Both the Existing Values and the Means