People who view society as a set of interrelated parts that work together to produce a stable social system are said to employ the
a. manifest function.
c. interactionist perspective.
b. theoretical perspective.
d. functionalist perspective.

D. functionalist perspective

people who view society as a set of interrelated parts that work together to produce a stable social system are said to employ the functionalist perspective. the functionalist perspective of sociology insists that society is an interdependent process that synthesize themselves as a functional and structural organism.

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