If You Were to Use a Conflict Perspective to Understand

question 158

Multiple Choice

If you were to use a conflict perspective to understand suicide,the focus of your analysis would likely be on which of the following?

• A)social class pressures,unemployment,and low educational achievement
• B)the ways in which boys and girls receive conflicting messages about suicide
• C)definitions of self-esteem or self-worth
• D)language such as "cyber-bullying" and pseudo-realities

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Definitions:

Aggression

Behavior aimed at causing harm or pain to others, which can be physical or verbal, and motivated by various factors including anger or frustration.

Life Instincts

The drive for ensuring survival of the individual and the species by satisfying the needs for food, water, air, and sex.

Death Instincts

The unconscious drive toward decay, destruction, and aggression.

Preconscious

Pertains to thoughts and feelings not immediately in conscious awareness but can be readily brought to consciousness.