Which situation would robert merton have labeled as dysfunctional?
a. after a society decides to save money by reducing funding for education and training, it finds that workers do not have the skills needed for jobs.
b. after two friends decide they both want to read more, they visit the public library at least once a week.
c. after a community decides to hold a fund-raiser, community workers put up posters announcing the date and purpose of the event.
d. after deciding to reduce their spending on food, two friends cook most of their own meals instead of going out to restaurants.

rain should be the answer.

glass wants to live in a world of super heroes and villains. he have lived all his life trying to be responsible for the creating the origin story of a super hero; he schemed and caused many incidents (many of them fatal) hoping that someday someone with superpowers would show up and save the day.

he knew himself very much. he saw himself as a villain of a real-life super hero story. he was aware of his strengths (more than smart enough for being manipulative and scheming) and weaknesses (having fragile bones and having to rely on his mind to succeed).

an important point to remember about correlation is that while there is a _statistical_ relationship correlation does not equal _causation_

the first answer is: statistical

the second answer is: causation