What would be a reasonable critique of the conflict approach?

a. Its assessment that the interests of children, adolescents, and adults will ultimately merge is unrealistic.
b. It seems to paint life as a zero-sum game; in other words, it assumes that when one entity benefits, another loses.
c. It is too focused on manifest functions.
d. It is too focused on latent functions.


b

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