Functionalism Was Criticized for Exaggerating the Degree of Consensus That

question 56

Multiple Choice

Functionalism was criticized for exaggerating the degree of consensus that people in a society share. Which theorist then proposed that social structures may have different impacts on different groups of people?

• A) Robert Merton
• B) Erving Goffman
• C) Talcott Parsons
• D) George Herbert Mead

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