One of the forms in which I believe represents a lot of people is conformity. Schaefer notes (2014) “Conformity to social norms, the most common adaptation in Merton 's typology, is the opposite of deviance. It involves acceptance of both the overall societal goal ("become affluent") and the approved means ("work hard") (p.110). People that have conformity or conformists in other words are people like myself are the people that want to work hard in life in order to achieve their goals. For example, if a person wants to have money then that person is going to work hard for it in a good way by getting a job. I strongly believe that the majority of people that are still in school are conformists, since they want to continue their education and work hard in order to be successful in their
One of the forms in which I believe represents a lot of people is conformity. Schaefer notes (2014) “Conformity to social norms, the most common adaptation in Merton 's typology, is the opposite of deviance. It involves acceptance of both the overall societal goal ("become affluent") and the approved means ("work hard") (p.110). People that have conformity or conformists in other words are people like myself are the people that want to work hard in life in order to achieve their goals. For example, if a person wants to have money then that person is going to work hard for it in a good way by getting a job. I strongly believe that the majority of people that are still in school are conformists, since they want to continue their education and work hard in order to be successful in their