According to Functionalists, Which Family Form Is Ideally Suited to Raise

question 97

Multiple Choice

According to functionalists, which family form is ideally suited to raise successive generations of appropriately socialized offspring?

• A) the polygamous family
• B) the nuclear family
• C) the extended family
• D) the patriarchal family

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