Conflict theory

What is the academic study of social behaviour and societies?

• Psychology

• Marxism

• Sociology

• Conflict theory

What was the main focus of Marx's research?

• The way that society constructs and uses language.

• The interaction of people within the same social class.

• The relationship between workers, the economy, and society.

• The ways that society uses genetics to create social classes.

What is the proletariat?

• The working class in Marxist theory.

• The management and ruling class in Marxist theory.

• The Marxist theory that both science and the humanities are needed to study society.

• The Marxist theory that societies progress using class conflict.

What does bourgeoisie mean?

• working-class people, or people who perform labour for money.

• upper-class managers, bosses, and rulers

Conflict theory deals with ________________

• the society through a macro-level orientation and broadly focuses on the social structures that shape society as a whole.

• economy and the creation of social classes

• the society as the product of the everyday interactions of individuals