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

Order theorists assume that commonly held values among diverse groups in the United States

There is a relationship between the power structure and violence.

________ influences aid in explaining contemporary conflict and social change.

Conflict theorists view sport as a mechanism to get youth to fit into a system that is not necessarily beneficial to the them.

According to conflict theorists, because individuals and groups of society engage in ________ for advantage, the degree of social integration in society is minimal and tenuous.

When immigrants react to economic exploitation by means of violence, it has been typically aimed at groups with less power.

The data on inequality clearly shows that the United States is moving toward a two-tiered society.

________ is viewed by order theorists as the unity among divergent elements of society that results from a specialized division of labor.

Dahrendorf argued that power is distributed equally between the various groups in society.

According to order theorists, the mass media can perform several integrative functions.

Central questions for conflict theorists are: "What is the nature of the social bond?" and " What produces social cohesion?"

The synthesis approach to an analysis of society rejects the idea that society is held together by complementary interests.

________ among members occurs through the collective holding of beliefs.

________ include violations of normative expectations and values of society.

The order model views disharmony as a normal feature of social life.

The existence of ________ is the basis for the two prevailing models of society.

Identify four assumptions of the conflict model.

According to the order perspective, ________ is effected through the regular interaction and interdependence among different groups.

The structure of U.S. society promotes harmony between different ethnic and racial groups.

Which two models of society will be used in this textbook?