Professor Ramos, a sociologist, tends to hold the functionalist perspective on social problems. She believes that the main reason for the existence of social problems is that __________.
A. societies are fundamentally corrupt
B. societies sometimes fail to adapt successfully to change and new conditions
C. organizations become too rigid and inflexible over time
D. deviance is a natural outcome of increasingly complex social conditions
Answer: B
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