Identify a Similarity Between Conflict Theorists and Melvin Tumin in Their

question 9

Multiple Choice

Identify a similarity between conflict theorists and Melvin Tumin in their opinions of the Davis-Moore thesis.

• A) They both believe that economic struggle in societies can be attributed to technology and globalization.
• B) They both maintain that social stratification is dysfunctional because it hurts individuals and societies.
• C) They both believe that government policies favor only the rich societies.
• D) They both maintain that in egalitarian societies the proletariat would overthrow the bourgeoisie.
• E) They both believe inequality in societies is necessary to motivate people to work hard and to succeed.

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Definitions:

Consistencies

The quality of being uniform, coherent, and free from contradiction over time or in different situations.

Variabilities

The extent to which data points in a given set differ from each other and from their average.

Oedipal Complex

A concept in psychoanalytic theory referring to a child's unconscious sexual desire for the opposite-sex parent and jealousy toward the same-sex parent.

Psychosexual Development

Freud's theory that childhood development occurs in a series of stages, each characterized by different pleasures and challenges.