Rhonda is a sociology student who babysits
several children from her neighborhood. While one child is doing very well in school, the other is doing poorly. Rhonda looks beyond each individual child to explain their success and failure. She believes that the various opportunities offered by society explain the differences in their academic performance. Rhonda's thought process illustrates:
a. Functionalism
b. Social Control
c. Solidarity
d. The Sociological Imagination
answer: d;
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