Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. The functions of some social processes may not take a structural form.
2. Although structural functionalism takes various forms, societal functionalism is the dominant approach among sociological structural functionalists.
3. According to Kingsley Davis and Wilbert Moore, societies need structural inequality because it is functional.
4. According to Kingsley Davis and Wilbert Moore, societies must overcome structural inequality to become fully functional.
5. Kingsley Davis and Wilbert Moore focused on how individuals come to occupy certain positions.


1. true
2. true
3. true
4. false
5. true

Sociology

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