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washai

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Today cell phones go off during class, at musical performances, and in important meetings. Structural-functionalists would attribute this phenomenon to:
 
  a. inadequate socialization.
  b. a lack of consideration for others.
  c. cultural lag.
  d. inequality that enables some people to inconvenience others.

Question 2

A temporary period of maladjustment during which the social structure adapts to new technologies is called:
 
  a. cultural lag.
  b. cultural diffusion.
  c. a normal accident.
  d. vested interests.



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Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

a



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