DSC 9 Marxist And Conflict Theories Of Deviance

Question 1

Conflict

Answer 1

Conflict:
a theoretical perspective that considers how society is held together by power and coercion for the benefit of those in power (based on social class, gender, race, or ethnicity).

Question 2

Dialectical materialism:

Answer 2

the belief that nature (the material world) is full of contradictions (conflict) and that through a process of negotiating those contradictions, we can arrive at a new reality.

Question 3

False consciousness

Answer 3

laborers’ lack of awareness of the exploitation they are experiencing at the hands of the owners of the means of production and capitalism.

Question 4

Social consensus

Answer 4

general agreement by the group.

Question 5

Social construction

Answer 5

subjective definition or perception of conditions.

Question 6

Social construction:

Answer 6

subjective definition or perception of conditions.