A particular student wants to do well in school, but never seems to be able to earn higher than a D.In pursuit of academic success, the student begins to cheat on exams.This is most consistent with which form of adaptation in Merton's theory of strain?

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The student's desire to do well in school is consistent with the cultural goal of success, but their inability to achieve it through legitimate means creates strain. By resorting to cheating, the student is engaging in innovation, which involves accepting the goal of success but finding illegitimate ways to achieve it. Conformity involves accepting both the goal and means of society, rebellion involves rejecting the cultural goal and creating new means, and retreatism involves rejecting both the goal and means of society and withdrawing from it.

A Particular Student Wants to Do Well in School, but Never