According to 1950s Functionalist Theorist Talcott Parsons

question 76

Multiple Choice

According to 1950s functionalist theorist Talcott Parsons:

• A) U.S. society needed to find roles for people who are elderly that were appropriate to their diminished physical and psychological capacities
• B) people who are elderly needed to organize social movements to struggle for greater economic equality
• C) older people should actively participate in shaping and defining their own social roles
• D) older people experience social closure globally
• E) older people need not to expect to have a vigorous sex life

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Definitions:

Price Competition

A market situation where businesses compete primarily on the price of their products or services.

Music Production Industry

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Airline Industry

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Complex Interdependence

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