Strain Theory

Strain theory can refer to;

In chemistry:

  • Baeyer strain theory


In social sciences:

  • Strain theory (sociology), the theory that social structures within society may pressure citizens to commit crime
  • Value-added theory, the assumption that certain conditions are needed for the development of a social movement

Famous quotes containing the words strain and/or theory:

    “The standards of His Majesty’s taste made all those ladies who aspired to his favour, and who were near the Statutable size, strain and swell themselves, like the frogs in the fable, to rival and bulk and dignity of the ox. Some succeeded, and others burst.”
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    “The weakness of the man who, when his theory works out into a flagrant contradiction of the facts, concludes “So much the worse for the facts: let them be altered,” instead of “So much the worse for my theory.””
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