A Society Develops New Values That Tolerate and Legitimate a Wider

question 20

Multiple Choice

A society develops new values that tolerate and legitimate a wider range of activities,such as the increased acceptance of same-sex marriage.At what stage does this occur in Talcott Parsons's equilibrium model?

• A) value generation
• B) adaptive upgrading
• C) inclusion
• D) differentiation

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