According to functionalists, the family fulfills six needs basic to the survival of every society. What are these needs?
What will be an ideal response?
The six needs, or functions are (1) economic production, (2) socialization of children, (3) care of the sick and aged, (4) recreation, (5) sexual control, and (6) reproduction.
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The mean age of all college graduates is 35. If the population distribution is normal, the mean of any sampling distribution of sample mean ages of college graduates will be
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