Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Talcott Parson’s saw the personality system as an active, creative entity.
2. Robert Merton argued that sociological theorists should establish postulates based on empirical tests.
3. The manifest function of slavery was to provide a vast underclass that increased the social status of southern Whites.
4. Anomie, according to Robert Merton, can result in social deviance.
5. Conflict theory was able to separate itself from structural functionalism.


1. False
2. True
3. False
4. True
5. False

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