Explain the four basic elements that compose social action according to Parsons.
What will be an ideal response?
Parsons saw social action as composed of four basic elements that distinguish it from isolated, individual behavior. Social action is oriented toward attainment of ends or goals. Social action takes place in situations, consisting of the physical and social objects to which the actor relates. Social action is normatively regulated (i.e., regulated by norms that guide the orientation of action). Social action involves expenditure of effort or energy
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a. League of Nations b. Cold War c. North Atlantic Treaty Organization d. United Nations