Exam 3: The Duality of Social Life: Order and Conflict

Disintegration among members occurs through the collective holding of beliefs.

Karl Marx correctly predicted that capitalism would be overthrown by an oppressed majority.

Social segmentation is the basis for the conflict models of society but not the order model.

In their fight against economic exploitation, American farmers did NOT utilize violence.

Conflict results from the ________ goals and interests of social groups.

Allen Wheelis argues that it is the institutional process that seeks technological change to find new and more efficient techniques to achieve goals.

According to Marxian theory, when oppressed people hold beliefs damaging to their interests, they have false consciousness.

The ________ of societies implies the differential allocation of power.

________ societies are characterized by members who hold similar beliefs and who are much alike.

Sport inhibits the potential for revolution by society's have-nots by validating the prevailing myth of capitalism that anyone can succeed with enough effort.

According to Dahrendorf, economic factors are the primary aspects of social organization that generate conflict.

Priority placed on the high rates of mortality and preventable disease that prevail among the poor and powerless is evidence of the relationship between the power structure and social problems.

Durkheim focused on solidarity by determining the manifest and latent consequences of social structures.

Conflict results from the dissimilar goals and interests of social groups.

The normal way society is organized minimizes harm to people (e.g., minorities) in terms of health care, wages, and systems of justice and education.

What is planned integration and how is it accomplished?

Allen Wheelis describes the ________ process as the desire for technological change to find new and more efficient techniques to achieve goals.

External threats to the society's existence unify us.

A critical examination of society is the primary thrust of ________ theorists.

Conflict theorist Ralf Dahrendorf contends that conflict is a ubiquitous phenomenon.