Talcott Parsons's functionalist view of society as tending toward a state of stability or balance is known as
A. resource mobilization theory.
B. the equilibrium model.
C. the emergent-norm perspective.
D. stagnancy theory.
Answer: B
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A. 3 B. 2 C. 4 D. 5
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a. the 1960s. b. the early twentieth century. c. the 1990s. d. about 1840.
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A) the number of participant categories. B) the number of scores at each value of a variable. C) the times per unit change of each score. D) the cumulative percentage for any given value.
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a. educational inflation b. discrimination c. credentialism d. standardization