Which aspect of systemic evolution did Talcott Parsons claim make systems less diffuse? Select one.

a. Differentiation
b. Adaptive upgrading
c. Integration
d. Generalization of values


a. Differentiation

Sociology

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The ________ issue is one of status politics where opposition to or support for the amendment is in part a controversy over who has the power to enforce the definition of appropriate sex-role behavior on society

a. Women's Suffrage Amendment b. Equal Rights Amendment c. Educational Amendments Act d. Nineteenth Amendment

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Through which government agency is health care provided free of charge to ex-prisoners of war, those with service-related injuries or disabilities, and veterans with income below the poverty line?

a. Medicaid Department b. the Department of Veterans Affairs c. the Social Security Administration d. the Department of Health and Human Welfare

Sociology

Most facial wrinkling experienced by adults is

a. inevitable. b. genetic. c. caused by an overuse of vitamin E. d. preventable if one limits exposure to the sun's ultraviolet rays and doesn't smoke.

Sociology

Deinstitutionalization refers to __________

a. preparing a person for entry into a mental hospital b. discharging patients from mental hospitals directly into the community c. removing mental illnesses from coverage under insanity defenses in the criminal law d. making sure that juveniles do not serve time in prisons for adults

Sociology