Understanding the Stages in the Social Problems Process Is Helpful

question 5

Multiple Choice

Understanding the stages in the social problems process is helpful because it allows us to see how

• A)some parts of the process operate and reminds us to think about their relationships to one another.
• B)construction moves in a linear fashion through each of the stages in a consistent order.
• C)each stage is distinct and unchanged by what occurs at other stages.
• D)actors at the various stages are isolated from one another.
• E)all of the above
• F)b and d only

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Definitions:

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