Even though Johnny realizes that he will never reach the economic and occupational success of which he once dreamed, he continues to go to work each day and diligently completes the tasks assigned to him. Which form of adaptation in Merton's theory of anomie/strain is this most consistent with?

Ritualism

Explanation:

Ritualism, as per theory of Merton  is described as practice based on ritual following and observing .A person practices traditional ritual on daily basis regardless of the fact that values related with it is acceptable towards achieving goal for him/her or not.

According to the question,Johnny's condition is displaying ritualism in which he is following ritual in his day-today life even though he knows it is not going to help him achieve organizational success.He is practicing ritual as traditional work to complete his daily tasks.

the words "interested" and "interesting" are in the same word group as they are based in the noun "interest". however, their meanings are very different.

"interesting" is an active adjective, meaning that it causes interest.

"interested" is a passive adjective, meaning that it has interest for something.

a clear example can be "i am interested in this book, the book is really interesting."

generally speaking, an active adjective can end in -ing, and those will be adjectives causing a reaction or emotion. other examples of active adjectives are: boring, exciting, annoying, exhausting.

a passive adjective may end in -ed, and those will be describing the noun that is receiving the action. other examples of passive adjectives are: bored, excited, annoyed, exhausted.