Functionalists Do Not Believe a Meritocracy Should Guarantee ______,Only That

question 40

Multiple Choice

Functionalists do not believe a meritocracy should guarantee ______,only that the role of schooling is to provide ______ to compete for unequal results.

• A)equal cohesion;shared ability
• B)equal opportunity;equal outcomes
• C)equal outcomes;equal opportunity
• D)shared ability;equal cohesion

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Definitions:

Fitness Payoffs

The benefits in terms of survival and reproduction that an organism gains from a particular behavior or trait.

Selfishness

The act of placing one's own needs or desires above the welfare of others.

Lions Hunt

The cooperative behavior displayed by lions when pursuing and capturing prey to ensure survival of the pride.

Cooperative Breeding

A reproductive strategy where more than two individuals contribute care to the offspring, often observed in birds and mammals.