NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
SOCIOLOGY
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Herbert Spencer
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Max Weber
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Karl Marx
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -What Is Conflict Theory? Conflict theory, first developed by Karl Marx, is a theory that society is in a state of perpetual conflict because of competition for limited resources. Conflict theory holds that social order is maintained by domination and power, rather than by consensus and conformity.
Detailed explanation-2: -German philosopher Karl Marx developed conflict theory in the 19th century to explain the relationship between the ruling and working classes in capitalist societies.
Detailed explanation-3: -Conflict theory has three assumptions: Humans are self-interested. Societies operate under perpetual scarcity of resources. Conflict is pervasive and unavoidable within social groups and between social groups.
Detailed explanation-4: -In the classic example of historical materialism, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels argued that all of human history is the result of conflict between classes, which evolved over time in accordance with changes in society’s means of meeting its material needs, i.e. changes in society’s mode of production.