Although Functionalism Is Less Popular Today, What Accounts for the Strong

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Multiple Choice

Although functionalism is less popular today, what accounts for the strong appeal it had for early sociologists?

• A) Functionalism helps to explain rapid change.
• B) Functionalism helps to explain class conflict and inequality.
• C) Functionalism is the least conservative of all sociological theories.
• D) Functionalism helps describe the way we present ourselves to others on a face-to-face basis.
• E) Functionalism helps to bring order to a rapidly changing and messy social world.

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