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etiology
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the cause(s) of an event, phenomenon, or behavior
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theory
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a general statement that accurately relates cause and effect variables together so as to explain events or behavior
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anomie
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Emile Durkheim; the condition of a society or group with a high degree of confusion and contradiction in its basic social norms; normlessness
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strain theory
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aka anomie theory; Robert K. Merton; anomie is a state of dissatisfaction arising from a sense of discrepancy between the aspirations of an individual and the means that the person has available to realize these ambitions
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conformity
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Merton; acceptance of culturally approved success goals and the institutionalized work ethic for achievement
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innovation
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adaptation II; subscribing to the typical cultural goals of monetary and materialistic success, but realizing that they lack the socially approved and legitimate means to achieve those goals
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ritualism
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adaptation III; a rigid adherence to the culturally approved methods for getting ahead and making progress; overconformity won't pay off
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retreatism
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adaptation IV; anomic frustration; abandons both cultural goals and institutionalized means for attaining them
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rebellion
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adaptation V; rejection of both culturally approved goals and the institutionalized means of achievement; substitutes new goals and new means of achievement
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college boy, corner boy, and delinquent boy responses
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Albert Cohen
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college-boy response
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higher education and deferred gratification in order to achieve social status
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