State whether the following statements are True (T ) or False (F ) :
1. Radcliffe-Brown is known as structural functionalist.
2. The book, A Scientific Theory of Culture (1944) was written by Malinowski. 3. A reference group is a concept referring to a group to which an individual or another group is compared. 4. The book, The Power Elite was written in 1946.
5. Latest functions are neither recognized nor intended.
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1.Radcliffe Brown. Both were purely functionalists but their approach slightly differed as Malinowski is known as functionalist but Radcliffe-Brown is mainly known as Structural Functionalist. ... While Radcliffe-Brown focused on social structure rather than biological needs. He considered society as a system. 2.By Bronislaw Malinowski. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press; London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press. 1944.3.Reference groups
A reference group is a group to which an individual or another group is compared, used by sociologists in reference to any group that is used by an individual as a standard for evaluating themselves and their own behavior.4.1956
First published in 1956, The Power Elite stands as a contemporary classic of social science and social criticism. C. Wright Mills examines and critiques the organization of power in the United States, calling attention to three firmly interlocked prongs of power: the military, corporate, and political elite.5.Latent functions are those that are neither recognized nor intended. A latent function of a behavior is not explicitly stated, recognized, or intended by the people involved. Thus, they are identified by observers.