Functional prerequisites are

A. organized patterns of beliefs and behavior centered on basic social needs.
B. tasks that a society or relatively permanent group must accomplish if it is to survive.
C. social relationships that link a person directly to others and therefore indirectly to still more people.
D. attempts to reach agreement with others concerning some objective.


Answer: B

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