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Psychology www.epjournal.net – 2009. 7(2): 208-233 ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Original Article Evolution‚ Psychology‚ and a Conflict Theory of Culture Kevin MacDonald‚ Department of Psychology‚ California State University – Long Beach‚ Long Beach‚ CA‚ USA. Email: kmacd@csulb.edu (Corresponding author). Abstract: This article develops an evolutionary theory of conflict over the construction of culture that is informed by current knowledge of psychological mechanisms. Psychological mechanisms
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The term sociological imagination is said to have originated in 1959‚ with American sociologist C. Wright Mills. It refers to the number of factors in sociology that influence and shape connections between that which is remote and seemingly indirectly related on a personal level to simplistic aspects of everyday life for an individual. The idea basically implies that personal issues are projected as social problems by people in an attempt to rationalize a linkage to society. However‚ in employing
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October 20‚ 1959 marked the one-hundredth anniversary of John Dewey’s birthday. This eminent thinker of the Progressive movement was the dominant figure in American education. His most valuable and enduring contribution to our culture came from the ideas and methods he fathered in this field. Dewey won a greater international following for his educational reforms than for his instrumentalist philosophy. Between the two World Wars‚ where previously backward countries were obliged to catch up quickly
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Sociology – Block H 29 October 2014 Deviance I believe that conflict theory represents deviance the best. Conflict theory is defined as societies competition for scarce resources and how social groups use their power to take advantage of one another. Groups use power‚ conflict‚ competition‚ and exploitation to do what they want and define other less powerful groups. In Mario’s story there were many acts o deviance‚ a few representing conflict theory included: the police brutality‚ the distrust of the attorney
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free‚ public education for all is not without its critics. Education reform movements trace back as early as the 1820s when changes in the economy spurred by westward expansion‚ immigration‚ and urbanization called upon schools to create a nationalist spirit and help socialize new Americans into the culture (Tozer‚ Violas‚ & Senese‚ 2002). Change continues to be a part of American education. Lewin ’s change theory and system ’s thinking and learning
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Structural Functionalism vs Conflict Theory Structural functionalism and conflict theory have some different points of view. One of them is that structural functionalism sees society as a complex system‚ that permit it to interact cohesively‚ and looks society as a macro-level orientation; while the conflict theory focuses on the social system that only work for a select few of society and is known because the struggle for dominance among social groups that compete for scarce resources. Knowing
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Ku Klux Klan sprouted up and tried to instill fear in African Americans through heinous acts such as lynching and bombing homes and churches. Although Blacks were free‚ they were still treated as inferiors to White Americans. Blacks had limited education and employment opportunities during this time period. It was not until the civil rights movement of the 1960’s that black-white race relations began to improve in the United States. After the civil rights movement‚ the U.S. government put an end
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While order theory posits that social solidarity exists through a hierarchy of occupations that rely upon each other to survive‚ conflict theory suggests that true social order is the destruction of the hierarchy (Marx et al.‚ 1976; Stern & Axinn‚ 2011). Conflict theorists believe that hierarchies accomplish little except force everyone to compete for resources‚ ultimately ending in a massive economic downfall like the Great Depression (Russell‚ 2014). Conflict theorists envision a society free
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Structural Functionalism looks at society as a whole and tries to explain why society functions the way it does. Functionalism also wants to look at how different institutions impact our everyday lives. Emile Durkheim‚ the central figure in functionalist theory‚ turned to concrete science of sociology rather than abstract moral philosophy to bring about social change (Ferris‚ Stein 22). Durkheim believed that people should play their part in society and society cannot thrive if people are not working together
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