Chapter One (Conflict Perspective)

Question 1

Terms for the Conflict Perspective (9):

Answer 1

1. Struggle
2. Conflict
3. Tension
4. Competition
5. Disputes
6. Negotiations
7. Changes
8. Radical
9. Disagreement

Question 2

Used as one way to gain insight into society:

Answer 2

The Conflict Theory

Question 3

Conflict sociologists see a social world in _________ _______:

Answer 3

Continual Struggle

Question 4

Assumes that social behavior is best understood in terms of tension between groups over power or the allocation of resources, including housing, money, access to services, and political representation:

Answer 4

The Conflict Perspective

Question 5

Competition between groups are not always ________:

Answer 5

Violent

Question 6

Four examples of non-violent conflict:

Answer 6

1. Labor negotiations
2. Party politics
3. Religious groups over new members
4. Disputes over the federal budget

Question 7

Conflicts since the 1960s (7):

Answer 7

1. Civil rights
2. Vietnam War
3. Feminist movement
4. Gay liberation movement
5. Watergate political scandal
6. Urban riots
7. Confrontations at abortion clinics

Question 8

Conflict theorists are interested in:
-Who _________, who _________, and who _________ at the expense of others.
-Conflicts between _______ and ________
-Parents and _________
-_________ and suburbs
-Races and __________

Answer 8

1. Benefits, suffers, dominates
2. Men and Women
3. Children
4. Cities
5. Ethnicities

Question 9

Expanding on Marx’s work, conflict theorists are interested in how society’s institutions maintain privileges for the _______ _______ and keep others in a ___________ ________:

Answer 9

Upper classes; Subservient position

Question 10

1. Exploitation of workers under capitalism.
2. Emphasis on social change and redistribution of resources.
3. Considered more radical than functionalists.

Answer 10

The Marxist View

Question 11

1. DuBois, a Black sociologist, contended knowledge was essential to combat prejudice and discrimination.
2. Helped to found the NAACP and advocated for researchers to view society through the eyes of those that rarely influence the decision-making processes.

Answer 11

An African-American View

Question 12

1. Views inequality in gender as central to all behavior and organization. Allied with the conflict perspective.
2. Focus on macro-level relationships, like conflict theory.
3. Feminism views the subordination of women as inherent in capitalist societies.
4. Radical feminists hold the oppression of women as inevitable in all male-dominated societies.

Answer 12

The Feminist View

Question 13

Karl Marx worked with ________ and _________ groups:

Answer 13

Proletariats; Bourgeoisie

Question 14

1. Capitalist
2. Owners
3. Upper Management
4. Upper Class

Answer 14

The Bourgeoisie

Question 15

Working class/lower class:

Answer 15

The Proletariats