A Functionalist Would Argue That Families Are Structured to

question 14

Multiple Choice

A functionalist would argue that families are structured to

• A)devalue reproductive work.
• B)maintain and perpetuate social inequalities.
• C)replace the members of society who die.
• D)foster racial divisions and boundaries.

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Definitions:

Equality

A concept referring to the state or quality of being equal, indicating that two or more entities are the same in quantity, size, degree, or value.

Population Variances

A measure of the spread or dispersion of a set of data points in a population, indicating how much the members of the population differ from the population mean.

Normally Distributed

Describes a probability distribution that is symmetrical around the mean, with a specific bell shape indicating that data near the mean are more frequent in occurrence than data far from the mean.

Sample Variances

Measures of the dispersion or spread within a set of sample data, quantifying how much the samples differ from each other.