Detailed Instructions: In this task you will be given a text passage from a trivia quiz. You should choose the category this question belongs to from these categories: History, Science, Social Science, Fine Arts, Literature. You can only choose one category, so if in doubt, please choose the closest match.
Q: This thinker called the gratification of emotions "affectivity" which he contrasted with "neutrality" in
his discussion of "pattern variables." His students Wilbert Moore and Kingsley Davis expanded his
educational theories about people finding the appropriate job in society to create the theory of role
allocation. He outlined adaptation, goal attainment, integration, and latency as the four components of his
"AGIL" paradigm and his best-known work offers a "voluntaristic" methodology to define the "unit act."
For 10 points, name this Harvard sociologist who pioneered his action theory in The Structure of Social
Action.
A:
Social Science