Self-paced
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Summary
Each phase of a person’s life had predictable social roles in preagricultural societies. Social roles were few in these societies. Interpersonal relations in preagricultural societies were not always fair, but they were stable and predictable. Modern society has thousands of different roles. Technology and consumerism require people to fill several different roles that are differentiating at a high pace.
Strongly Supported Conclusions
Modern social roles are less stable and predictable than preagricultural social roles.
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This is unsupported because modern roles may very well be more fair and pleasant than the preagricultural roles, which were not always fair and pleasant despite being stable and predictable.
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This is strongly supported because the stability and predictability of preagricultural roles was due to the relatively low number of roles. With the diversifying roles of modern society, these roles will likely be less stable and predictable.
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This is unsupported because we don’t know how to rank the importance of the various differences between modern and preagricultural societies.
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This is unsupported because the author states nothing about how one person can interpret or predict the actions of another.
e
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This is anti-supported because the stimulus states that preagricultural societies had stable social roles.