NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
SOCIOLOGY
Question
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How do advantaged people protect their privileges?
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Functionalism
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Conflict Theory
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Symbolic Interactionism
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -According to conflict theory, those with wealth and power try to hold on to it by any means possible, chiefly by suppressing the poor and powerless. A basic premise of conflict theory is that individuals and groups within society will work to try to maximize their own wealth and power.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Conflict theory looks to social and economic factors as the causes of crime and deviance.
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