Chapter 2 REVEL

Which is a value that Erik Olin Wright and Joel Rogers found that most people in the United States affirmed?

Fairness

What do the advice that Machiavelli gave and the contemporary threat of terrorism have in common?

Machiavelli recommended that the ruler start a war if he were in trouble, because an external threat to society unifies it. Today, the threat of terrorism is a new source of unity from external sources.

The order model views society as

a stable system.

A conflict theorist would view the division of labor in society as a system that

benefits those on top.

The sociological _____ perspective is more likely to take the position that whatever integration is achieved in society is the result of force and fraud.

conflict

Functional integration occurs when the different segments of society are _____ each other.

dependent upon

According to Karl Marx, when members of society believe the system is fair and they are not oppressed, they have _____ consciousness.

false

Euclid believed in small government, no taxes for the rich, and very few social welfare programs. He did not like to discuss his views, because many people disagreed with him. But Euclid found birds of a feather on Fox News, where he heard only one viewpoint from like-minded people, which in turn made Euclid's views even more dogmatic, a phenomenon known as

group polarization

Reducing injuries and death is the _____ consequence of seat-belt laws.

manifest

A conflict theorist would find the function of sport in American society to

meet the goals of the powerful, particularly the goal of making a profit.

"Who are the deviants?" is a question asked from the sociological _____ perspective.

order

The population percentage of ethnic groups, racial groups, and religious groups in the United States is

perhaps higher than in any other society.

The hate crimes most reported to the FBI in 2010 were those involving

race.

Republicans generally favor

small government.

A _____ is a societally induced condition that harms any segment of the population, or an act or condition that violates the norms and values of society.

social problem

The _____ approach finds that, taken together, the order and conflict models complement each other and present a complete, realistic model.

synthesis

An inner-city neighborhood in Chicago has a very high rate of teenage pregnancy. An order theorist would most likely blame

the parents, for how they raised the teenagers

An inner-city neighborhood in Chicago has a very high rate of teenage pregnancy. A conflict theorist would most likely blame

the quality of public schools in the area

A unifying factor in the United States is that all inhabitants are

under the same government (at the national level).

Compared to other countries, the gap between the rich and the poor in the United States is

wide and increasing.