The Structural Functionalist View on Social Change Is That Society

question 9

Multiple Choice

The structural functionalist view on social change is that society __________.

• A) changes only after significant technological changes occur
• B) changes gradually by norms and institutions adapting to new social challenges
• C) only changes after deep divisions of inequality result in violent revolution that reestablishes institutions
• D) only changes as governments create social policies and laws that redefine our relationship to society

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Definitions:

Symmetrically Distributed

A distribution where the values of variables show symmetry around the mean.

Gestation Time

The duration of time between conception and birth in animals, including humans.

Standard Deviation

A statistic that measures the dispersion or variability of a set of data points relative to its mean, used to quantify the amount of variation or dispersion.

Upper Quartile

It is the median of the upper half of a data set, marking the 75th percentile, where 75% of the data points are below this value.