C. Wright Mills emphasized that:

a. Personality is developed through vertical social structure.
b. Social structure lies at the root of private troubles.
c. Private troubles are best analyzed through biological theories.
d. The social imagination limits one’s ability to understand and change the social forces underlying one’s troubles.


Answer: b

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