Explanation:

Let’s break it down:

- The idea that stratification is founded on scarcity is most famously linked to Murray.

- Murray argues that social hierarchies arise because valuable resources are limited, so societies stratify based on who controls or has access to those scarce resources.

- Green isn’t particularly noted for a scarcity-based view of stratification.

- Spangler may sound familiar, but isn’t known for this theory in sociology.

- Mead focuses a lot more on social interaction and the self, not on scarcity or stratification in terms of resources.

So…

Option 3: Murray