1. Social Deviance – Extension
Part I – Review and wrap-up: Visit  Log in, and you should have “The Way We Live: Against the Grain -- Deviance" assigned to you for viewing.  After watching, answer the following questions in complete sentences:
a. How does functionalism account for social deviants?
b. How does conflict theory account for social deviants?
c. How symbolic interactionism account for social deviants?
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Part II – Application of theory: Using any available news resources, locate five recent news articles which illustrate each response outlined in Merton’s Strain Theory: Conformity, Innovation, Ritualism, Retreatism, and Rebellion. For each article you locate, you need to provide the following: the title, a link, a basic summary, and an explanation of how the incident discussed within the article is a valid representation of the selected element of Merton’s Strain Theory. Be sure to directly identify how the subject of the article has either accepted or rejected culturally approved goals of success!