Robert Merton's Criticism of Talcott Parsons' Work Was Primarily Focused

question 17

Multiple Choice

Robert Merton's criticism of Talcott Parsons' work was primarily focused on the notion that different social structures may have different consequences for different groups of people.According to Merton,some of the consequences of social organization may hold negative consequences for some people.Merton called this property of social structures:

• A)dysfunctional
• B)manifestly functional
• C)latently function
• D)functionally dysfunctional
• E)universally functional

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