Because social conditions prevent them from achieving success legitimately, lower-class youths experience a form of culture conflict that Albert Cohen labels ______.

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Albert Cohen argued that lower-class youths experience a form of culture conflict due to social conditions that prevent them from achieving success legitimately. This results in a feeling of status frustration as they are unable to live up to the middle-class values and norms expected by society, leading to delinquent behavior in an attempt to gain status and recognition within their peer group. Thus, the best choice is A) status frustration. The other options (B) youth deprivation, (C) juvenile constants, and (D) teenage anomie, do not accurately reflect Cohen's theory of culture conflict and its impact on lower-class youths.

Because Social Conditions Prevent Them from Achieving Success Legitimately, Lower-Class