Question 45

Innovation describes a person who accepts society's goals but adopts alternative, but disapproved, means of achieving them.

Innovation is a form of deviance where individuals embrace societal goals, such as wealth or success, but utilize unconventional or unacceptable methods to attain these aims.

A) Rebellion

Rebellion involves rejecting both the established societal goals and the means of achieving them, seeking to create new goals and methods instead. This option does not align with the definition provided, as it goes beyond merely adopting alternative means.

B) Innovation

Innovation is the correct answer as it precisely matches the description of individuals who accept the goals set by society but choose to employ alternative methods that are often viewed as deviant. This approach highlights the tension between societal expectations and personal strategies for success.

C) Retreatism

Retreatism is characterized by the rejection of both societal goals and the means to achieve them, resulting in withdrawal from society’s expectations. This option does not fit the question, as it does not involve the acceptance of societal goals.

D) Ritualism

Ritualism refers to individuals who abandon the pursuit of societal goals but continue to adhere strictly to the accepted means of achieving those goals. This option does not apply, as it does not involve the acceptance of the goals while employing alternative methods.

Conclusion

Innovation is definitively the right answer because it encapsulates the concept of accepting societal goals while employing disapproved means. All other options either misinterpret the acceptance of goals or stray from the definition by rejecting those goals entirely. Thus, innovation stands out as the specific type of deviance in question.