The Sociological Perspective That Views Power Struggles as the Source

question 18

Multiple Choice

The sociological perspective that views power struggles as the source of social change is

• A) Functionalism.
• B) conflict theory.
• C) symbolic interactionism.
• D) none of the above.

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Definitions:

Learned Associations

Connections made between certain stimuli or between behaviors and consequences, foundational to the process of learning.

Negative Reinforcement

The removal of a stimulus following a given behavior in order to increase the frequency of that behavior.

Avoidance Learning

An organism’s learning that it can altogether avoid a negative stimulus by making a particular response.

Modeling

The act of learning by observing and imitating the behaviors of others.