A key evolutionary concept for Parsons was that of evolutionary universals. These are
a. social innovations that allow a society to undergo adaptive upgrading
b. social innovations that spread to every single society on earth
c. philosophical breakthroughs
d. features that all societies have but that aid the functioning of only some
Question 2
Parsons distinguished three types of societies in social evolution, which were
a. primitive, intermediate, and modern
b. parallel, convergent, and divergent
c. archaic, modern, and postmodern
d. simple, complex, and doubly complex