Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Beginning in the 1970s, structural functionalism at best was viewed as an old-fashioned tradition with a conservative bias.
2. Parsons’s single most important idea is that action must not be viewed in isolation.
3. For Parsons, actions are empirically discrete.
4. Parsons believed personality, social and cultural systems function together to produce social order and stability.
1. True
2. True
3. False
4. True
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Oligarchies emerge because
A. people in leadership roles have skills, knowledge, or charismatic appeal. B. the most capable people always rise to the top of a bureaucracy, and they are respected by their followers, who permit them to rule unhindered. C. the rank and file of a movement or organization look to leaders for direction and thereby reinforce the process of rule by a few. D. people in leadership roles have skills, knowledge, or charismatic appeal; and the rank and file of a movement or organization look to leaders for direction and thereby reinforce the process of rule by a few.
According to the text, role _____ occurs when the expectations associated with a role are unclear. For example, it is not always clear when the provider–dependent aspect of the parent–child relationship ends
a. expectation b. performance c. ambiguity d. alienation
High-income populations have higher infant mortality rates than low-income populations
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
"Value-Free Sociology" in social science research was initially coined by:
A. William Zellner. B. W. E. B. DuBois. C. Max Weber. D. Émile Durkheim. E. Karl Marx.