In Robert K. Merton's study of deviance, the acceptance of both the cultural goals of society and the accepted means of achieving them is termed:
A) conformity
B) innovation
C) retreatism
D) ritualism

Question

In Robert K. Merton's study of deviance, the acceptance of both the cultural goals of society and 	the accepted means of achieving them is termed:
A) conformity
B) innovation
C) retreatism
D) ritualism

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Conformity is the acceptance of both the cultural goals of society and the accepted means of achieving them.