According to the functionalist perspective on social problems, the main reason for the existence of social problems is that__________

a. societies are fundamentally corrupt
b. people are human and fallible
c. organizations become too rigid and inflexible over time
d. deviance is a natural outcome of increasingly complex social conditions
e. societies sometimes fail to adapt successfully to change and new conditions


e

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a. suffered from the subordination of blacks. b. overwhelmingly supported the freeing of black slaves and the Civil War. c. sometimes took over skilled jobs from black freedmen. d. sought to include blacks in labor unions.

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__________ views a city as a series of circular areas, expanding outward from the center of the city, with various “zones” invading adjacent zones and succeeding.

a. Human ecology b. The concentric zone model c. Sustainable development d. Gentrification

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Which of the following was or is an example of a panic?

A. the Y2K problem B. the Boston Tea Party C. body disfigurement D. virtual pet toys

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__________ are more likely to be involved in cross-gender or neutral toy behavior.

A. Homosexual children B. Transgender children C. Boys D. Girls

Sociology