Josh needs to achieve 4.0 grade point average to qualify for admission to graduate school. He fears that he will not pass the final exam chemistry and has decided to sit next to Heather, the best student in the class, and copy her paper. According to Merton's theory and typologies, Josh would be considered a(n) .

innovator

Explanation:

 Robert Merton was the first to propose Strain Theory. it was done by him  in the 1940s to account for or describe the rates of  increasing crime  all over USA at that time. since then, it has become very popular among Contemporary sociologists.

Merton did formulate  typology of deviance based upon  a person’s motivations  and  a person’s belief on how his/her goals are attained.  Merton proposed five types of deviance based upon the criteria. they are conformity, innovation, ritualism, retreatism and rebellion.

innovation  according to  Merton is the process whereby an individual acceptance the goals of a culture but then reject the traditional and right way of  attaining the said goal it is also a form of using socially illegal, unaproved or unconventional means to attain goals. e.g  dealing drugs

the correct answer is ) possibility.

demonstrating opportunity cost is done through production possibility.

the opportunity cost can be demonstrated using the production possibility frontier or curve. this graphic shows the total number of possibilities for two products when we have the resources needed and used in an efficient manner. the main resources could be money, labor, and technology. the curve shows that the production of one good increases when the production of the othe

new communications technology has affected the way social movements are organized because nowadays, social movements rely on social networks and the media to get different people with a similar way of thinking in contact, and thus, get them to mobilize for a greater cause.

individuals only participate in collective action when they feel identified with it. is in this aspect that social media becomes relevant, because it guarantees communication among all individuals and organizes the social actions that are going to be carried out, i.e., the social movements.

in addition, being covered by the media is important to validate the message and make it relevant in the social agenda, as well as to reach more people who can share interests, appealing to public sympathy for their cause.

in conclusion, it is by social networks and social media that social movement is given birth; by connecting different individuals with similar ideas and organizing them to mobilize for a greater cause.