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Download Solution PDFWho had given the concept of "modes of individual adaptation"?
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Download Solution PDFThe concept of "modes of individual adaptation " was given by R.K. Merton.Important Points
- Merton follows the functionalist notion stated that society is a system of interrelated parts.
- Merton hypothesized that deviance results when there is a disconnect between the cultural and social realms.
- He propounded the following five modes of individual adaptation.
- Conformity
- Innovation
- Ritualism
- Retreatism
- Rebellion
Additional Information
- Emile Durkheim was a functionalist, a macro-thinker and gave the famous theory of Suicide.
- Talcott Parsons was also a functionalist and the propounder of the AGIL Model.
- Peter Blau was an American Sociologist. He gave the Social Exchange Theory.
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