Question

which of these factors did spencer ignore in his theories of social darwinism?
human ambition,
which enables
people to strive to
succeed
social variables that
result in unequal
opportunities
competition within
the human species
that has parallels in
nature
the desire of the
human race to
categorize others as
winners or losers

Explanation:

Spencer's social Darwinism focused on natural - like competition and individual drive but overlooked social - constructed factors creating unequal opportunities (like systemic biases, institutional barriers). The other options (human ambition, species - level competition, human categorization desire) align with his theory's focus on individual/species - level competition and human tendencies. So the factor he ignored is social variables causing unequal opportunities.

Answer:

B. social variables that result in unequal opportunities