Sociologist Robert Merton identified five ways in which people adapt to cultural goals and approved ways of achieving them. In addition to conformity, Merton classified the remaining four types of adaptation as deviance. Which of the following was not a type of adaptation identified?

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The four types of adaptation identified by Robert Merton are conformity, innovation, ritualism, and retreatism. Inoculation is not a type of adaptation identified by Merton.

Sociologist Robert Merton Identified Five Ways in Which People Adapt