An element or a process of society that may actually disrupt a social system or lead to a decrease in stability is known as a
A. dysfunction.
B. manifest function.
C. latent function.
D. conflict function.
Answer: A
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A) convenience. B) testing. C) emancipation. D) Linus blanket.
Which of the following is most true about high school students entering a college today? a. They come from high schools that are less segregated than in 1980s
b. They come from high schools that are more segregated than in the 1980s. c. They come from high schools that have mixed classes. d. They come from schools where busing continues to integrate students.
Analyses of bureaucracies reveal that a. those with the least power in a bureaucratic hierarchy are often the most adamant about the need to follow the rules
b. those who make the rules are also the ones who enforce them. c. within bureaucracies power and authority are based on personality and who one knows. d. although there are a lot of rules, anyone in the organization may alter the rules fairly easily.
Proponents of the ________ assume that social behavior is best understood in terms of tension between groups over power or the allocation of resources, including housing, money, access to services, and political representation.
A. conflict perspective B. interactionist perspective C. feminist perspective D. functionalist perspective