NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
SOCIOLOGY
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It believes society to be a complex system that works together to promote stability and social order
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It sees unemployment rates as being beneficial
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It believes that society competes for limited resources
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Functionalism is the doctrine that what makes something a thought, desire, pain (or any other type of mental state) depends not on its internal constitution, but solely on its function, or the role it plays, in the cognitive system of which it is a part.
Detailed explanation-2: -functionalism, in social sciences, theory based on the premise that all aspects of a society-institutions, roles, norms, etc.-serve a purpose and that all are indispensable for the long-term survival of the society.
Detailed explanation-3: -The functionalist perspective sees society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability. This approach looks at society through a macro-level orientation and broadly focuses on the social structures that shape society as a whole.