Multiple Choice
According to Robert Merton's goal-means gap theory,the psychoanalytic approach to deviant behavior is wrong because that theory incorrectly assumes that
A) society discourages the individual from engaging in deviant behavior.
B) society encourages the individual to engage in deviant behavior.
C) society has no impact on human biological impulses.
D) individuals freely choose to partake in deviant behavior.
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