Multiple Choice
Perhaps Merton greatest contribution to functionalism and sociology is that he
A) showed Parsons's system did not exist.
B) showed that system components may or may not be "in sync."
C) proved Parsons's system to be foolproof.
D) confirmed Parsons's notion of deviant sex-roles.
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