Walter Miller suggested that ______ is/are part of a value system and lifestyle that has emerged from the realities of life on the bottom rung of society.

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Walter Miller referred to focal concerns as part of a value system and lifestyle that emerged from the realities of life at the bottom rung of society. Focal concerns include toughness, street smarts, trouble, excitement, fate, autonomy, and masculinity, and they are used by individuals from lower-class backgrounds to adapt to their environment. The other options, status frustration, short-run hedonism, and modes of adaptation, are also concepts in subcultural theory, but they do not relate specifically to Miller's idea of focal concerns.

Walter Miller Suggested That ______ Is/are Part of a Value