Robert Merton's Modern Sociological Theory Focused on Predicting How Certain

question 38

Multiple Choice

Robert Merton's modern sociological theory focused on predicting how certain social institutions function.This subject matter lies between microsociology and macrosociology.This is known as:

• A) midrange theory.
• B) middling sociology.
• C) applied theory.
• D) postmodernism.

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Definitions:

Gender Equality

The state in which access to rights or opportunities is unaffected by gender, ensuring equal treatment of men and women in various spheres of life.

Demographic Transition

A model describing the shift from high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates as a country develops from a pre-industrial to an industrialized economic system.

Fertility Rates

The average number of children born to a woman over her lifetime within a population.

Continuous Childbirth

The phenomenon of having multiple childbirths in close succession without extended periods between pregnancies.