Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. According to Talcott Parsons, the latency (pattern maintenance) imperative refers to a system’s ability to motivate participation with culture.
2. In Talcott Parson’s overall action system, the personality system is mostly associated with the goal-attainment imperative.
3. The term for behavior ascribed to person in a structural location within the social system is “interaction.”
4. According to Talcott Parsons, the fiduciary subsystem achieves the adaptive imperative of the larger social system.
5. According to Talcott Parsons, culture was the force that bound together the various elements of the social world.
1. True
2. True
3. False
4. False
5. True
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