What Two Complementary Roles Did the Functionalist Talcott Parsons Identify

question 89

Multiple Choice

What two complementary roles did the functionalist Talcott Parsons identify within the family?

• A) Conflicting and conciliatory
• B) Instrumental and expressive
• C) Interactionist and noninteractionist
• D) Biological and social

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