It is anticipated that social robots will put bartenders, prison guards, and pharmacy assistants out of work. This qualifies as a

a. manifest dysfunction.
b. latent dysfunction

c. manifest function.
d. latent function.


a

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Which of the following was NOT a finding by the Pew Charitable Trust regarding social mobility in the United States?

a. Americans born at the bottom and top of the income ladder are likely to remain there as adults. b. Most Americans have higher family incomes than their parents did at the same age. c. The classic rags-to-riches success story is more fact than fiction. d. A four-year college degree promotes upward mobility from the bottom and prevents downward mobility from the middle.

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Which of the following is true of the agricultural revolution?

A. It decreased human productivity over that of earlier hunting, gathering, and pastoral societies. B. It was spurred by the development of innovations such as mass production and scientific management. C. The majority of people in agricultural societies produced surplus crops. D. The economic role of merchants emerged.

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Melissa wants to know if the relationship between cohabitation and divorce is only spurious, or does cohabitation really cause divorce?

The relationship between cohabitation and divorce is neither spurious nor causal. The relationship between cohabitation and divorce is both spurious and causal. Cohabitation really causes divorce. The relationship between cohabitation and divorce is only spurious.

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