Eitzen, In Conflict and Order: Understanding Society, 14th Edition, Test Bank
Chapter Two: The Duality of Social Life: Order and Conflict
Eitzen, In Conflict and Order: Understanding Society, 14th Edition, Test Bank
Multiple Choice Questions
TB_Q2.1.1
One of the characteristics of societies is that they are composed of parts. This is known as
a. segmentation.
b. partition.
c. social organization.
d. cultural relativism.
Learning Objective: LO 2.1: Compare and contrast the order and conflict models of social systems.
Topic/Concept: Social Systems: Order and Conflict
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
TB_Q2.1.2
The _____ model refers to the model of society in which the different parts cooperate because of similar or
complementary interests.
a. conflict
b. cooperation
c. order
d. commonality
Learning Objective: LO 2.1: Compare and contrast the order and conflict models of social systems.
Topic/Concept: Social Systems: Order and Conflict
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
TB_Q2.1.3
According to the _____ model, the basic relationships that formed in Sherif’s summer camp experiment were
based on competition, domination, and subordination.
a. divergence
b. conflict
c. oppositional
d. order
Learning Objective: LO 2.1: Compare and contrast the order and conflict models of social systems.
Topic/Concept: Social Systems: Order and Conflict
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
TB_Q2.1.4
In Conflict and Order, 14th edition
According to Durkheim, sending a criminal to prison with the intention of punishing the crime and deterring
future crimes is an example of
a. manifest consequences.
b. latent consequences.
c. manifest destiny.
d. latent destiny.
Learning Objective: LO 2.1: Compare and contrast the order and conflict models of social systems.
Topic/Concept: Social Systems: Order and Conflict
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
TB_Q2.1.5
What is defined as the “unintended consequences of rules, norms, activities, and social structures”?
a. False consciousness
b. Consequence polarization
c. Functional integration
d. Latent consequences
Learning Objective: LO 2.1: Compare and contrast the order and conflict models of social systems.
Topic/Concept: Social Systems: Order and Conflict
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
TB_Q2.1.6
Sociologists who use the order model, also called _____, ask fundamental questions about what holds societies
together.
a. integrative culture model
b. structural functionalism
c. ethical function model
d. social imperatives
Learning Objective: LO 2.1: Compare and contrast the order and conflict models of social systems.
Topic/Concept: Social Systems: Order and Conflict
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
TB_Q2.1.7
Chapter Two: The Duality of Social Life: Order and Conflict
Which term describes the theories of Karl Marx, who said that in every society there is a dynamic tension between
those who own the means of production and those who work for them?
a. Conflict theory
b. Capitalism
c. Order theory
d. Structural functionalism
Learning Objective: LO 2.1: Compare and contrast the order and conflict models of social systems.
Topic/Concept: Social Systems: Order and Conflict
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
TB_Q2.1.8
Sociologists agree that sport is a mechanism for getting youth to follow orders, work hard, and fit into a social
system. Which model argues that this is not necessarily a good thing?
a. Order theorists
b. Structural functionalists
c. Conflict theorists
d. Synthesis approach
Learning Objective: LO 2.1: Compare and contrast the order and conflict models of social systems.
Topic/Concept: Social Systems: Order and Conflict
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
TB_Q2.1.9
A conflict theorist would say, “Sport inhibits the potential for protest and revolution by society’s have-nots.”
Which of the following would NOT support that statement?
a. If a person fails, it is his or her fault and not that of the system.
b. Sport as entertainment diverts attention away from the harsh realities of poverty, unemployment, and
dismal life chances.
c. Only an extremely small percentage of aspiring athletes ever achieve professional status.
d. Sport promotes individual achievement, quick thinking, and physical strength.
Learning Objective: LO 2.1: Compare and contrast the order and conflict models of social systems.
Topic/Concept: Social Systems: Order and Conflict
Difficulty Level: Difficult
Skill Level: Analyze It
TB_Q2.1.10
In Conflict and Order, 14th edition
The first assumption of a synthesis approach to understanding order and conflict in society notes an essential
paradox, which is that
a. societies are always ordered, yet are always changing.
b. the means of production depends on those who own them.
c. institutions try to change even though it is their nature to remain the same.
d. stability and change cannot both exist within a given society.
Learning Objective: LO 2.1: Compare and contrast the order and conflict models of social systems.
Topic/Concept: Social Systems: Order and Conflict
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
TB_Q2.1.11
The second assumption of a synthesis approach is that societies are organized, but the process of organization
generates conflict. This is because
a. scarce resources can be equally distributed but those in power control allocation decisions in their own favor.
b. scarce resources can never be equally distributed, and those who have power end up making the allocation
decisions.
c. those without power always envy those with power, and thus create conflict to level the playing field.
d. those without power control the means of production and allocation of resources, but lack the intelligence to
distribute resources equitably.
Learning Objective: LO 2.1: Compare and contrast the order and conflict models of social systems.
Topic/Concept: Social Systems: Order and Conflict
Difficulty Level: Difficult
Skill Level: Analyze It
TB_Q2.1.12
The third assumption of the synthesis model explains that society is made up of different but interdependent
parts that affect each other, creating a structure called a
a. social order/disorder paradox.
b. societal paradigm.
c. social system.
d. social boundary structure.
Learning Objective: LO 2.1: Compare and contrast the order and conflict models of social systems.
Topic/Concept: Social Systems: Order and Conflict
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
TB_Q2.1.13
Chapter Two: The Duality of Social Life: Order and Conflict
The fourth assumption in the synthesis model is that societies are held together by complementary interests, by
consensus on cultural values, and by
a. democracy.
b. folkways.
c. consensus.
d. coercion.
Learning Objective: LO 2.1: Compare and contrast the order and conflict models of social systems.
Topic/Concept: Social Systems: Order and Conflict
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
TB_Q2.1.14
According to the fifth assumption of the synthesis model, _____ is a ubiquitous phenomenon in all societies, whether
it is gradual or abrupt.
a. revolution
b. order
c. social change
d. consensus
Learning Objective: LO 2.1: Compare and contrast the order and conflict models of social systems.
Topic/Concept: Social Systems: Order and Conflict
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
TB_Q2.2.15
Written and unwritten rules develop in a society so that different segments can cooperate with each other. This
demonstrates a phenomenon noted by Durkheim known as
a. functional integration.
b. structural functionalism.
c. the order/conflict paradox.
d. integral functionalism.
Learning Objective: LO 2.2: Provide examples to demonstrate the integrative forces in society that maintain order.
Topic/Concept: The Integrative Forces in Society
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
TB_Q2.2.16
In Conflict and Order, 14th edition
According to _____, the social cooperation required to bring together all the elements that make up a pencil is a
complex system of order that “emerges without anyone imposing it.”
a. Durkheim
b. Will
c. Marx
d. Rogers
Learning Objective: LO 2.2: Provide examples to demonstrate the integrative forces in society that maintain order.
Topic/Concept: The Integrative Forces in Society
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
TB_Q2.2.17
According to Wright and Rogers, most people in U.S. society affirm which set of five values?
a. Freedom, volunteerism, fairness, democracy, efficacy
b. Prosperity, property, democracy, freedom, health
c. Freedom, prosperity, efficiency, fairness, democracy
d. Property, freedom, strength, efficiency, patriotism
Learning Objective: LO 2.2: Provide examples to demonstrate the integrative forces in society that maintain order.
Topic/Concept: The Integrative Forces in Society
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Analyze It
TB_Q2.2.18
Which of the five values that sociologists Wright and Rogers note among most members of U.S. society is
expressed by the Supreme Court’s decision that stated defiling the U.S. flag is not a crime?
a. Fairness
b. Freedom
c. Democracy
d. Efficiency
Learning Objective: LO 2.2: Provide examples to demonstrate the integrative forces in society that maintain order.
Topic/Concept: The Integrative Forces in Society
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Analyze It
TB_Q2.2.19
Chapter Two: The Duality of Social Life: Order and Conflict
What is demonstrated by people in the United States taking for granted such practices as obeying traffic lights, using
credit, and accepting checks instead of currency?
a. Social order
b. Democracy
c. Freedom
d. Fairness
Learning Objective: LO 2.2: Provide examples to demonstrate the integrative forces in society that maintain order.
Topic/Concept: The Integrative Forces in Society
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Analyze It
TB_Q2.2.20
_____ organizations that bring together people from differing backgrounds to interact allow members to join in a
common cause.
a. Heterogeneous
b. Homogeneous
c. Restricted
d. Exclusive
Learning Objective: LO 2.2: Provide examples to demonstrate the integrative forces in society that maintain order.
Topic/Concept: The Integrative Forces in Society
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
TB_Q2.2.21
A country club that restricts its membership to include only WASPs and excludes African-Americans and Jewish
people is founded on
a. heterogeneous principles.
b. democratic freedom of association.
c. exclusiveness and feelings of superiority.
d. inclusiveness and superiority.
Learning Objective: LO 2.2: Provide examples to demonstrate the integrative forces in society that maintain order.
Topic/Concept: The Integrative Forces in Society
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
TB_Q2.2.22
In Conflict and Order, 14th edition
A society is unified by a national event such as a war only if the threat
a. affects only the most powerful members of society.
b. happened recently.
c. is perceived as real.
d. is perceived as having a foreseeable end.
Learning Objective: LO 2.2: Provide examples to demonstrate the integrative forces in society that maintain order.
Topic/Concept: The Integrative Forces in Society
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Analyze It
TB_Q2.2.23
Which of the following represents the attitude of order theorists toward television and the mass media?
a. Violent video games cause general moral deterioration.
b. Television suppresses creativity.
c. The media break down social interaction among young people.
d. The media reinforce the values and norms of society.
Learning Objective: LO 2.2: Provide examples to demonstrate the integrative forces in society that maintain order.
Topic/Concept: The Integrative Forces in Society
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
TB_Q2.2.24
The repeal of the military rule known as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” by Congress in 2011 illustrates the concept of
a. planned integration.
b. separate but equal.
c. societal segmentation.
d. forced interaction.
Learning Objective: LO 2.2: Provide examples to demonstrate the integrative forces in society that maintain order.
Topic/Concept: The Integrative Forces in Society
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
TB_Q2.2.25
When a high official, such as the U.S. president, appoints a member of a dissident group to a policy-making body in
order to appease that group, the official is using a technique called
a. cooperation.
b. co-optation.
c. reverse psychology.
d. moral authority.
Chapter Two: The Duality of Social Life: Order and Conflict
Learning Objective: LO 2.2: Provide examples to demonstrate the integrative forces in society that maintain order.
Topic/Concept: The Integrative Forces in Society
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
TB_Q2.2.26
Which of the following is NOT one of the ways that public officials use their power to integrate the parts of society?
a. Passing laws to eliminate barriers among groups
b. Working to solve the problems that segment the society
c. Providing mediators to help negotiate settlements between such feuding groups as management and labor
d. Using the media to foster distrust between the middle class and the poor
Learning Objective: LO 2.2: Provide examples to demonstrate the integrative forces in society that maintain order.
Topic/Concept: The Integrative Forces in Society
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
TB_Q2.2.27
Many people in the United States who have few material blessings still see themselves as “could-be haves” rather
than “have nots,” which Marx would have identified as
a. false consciousness.
b. class consciousness.
c. bootstrapping.
d. wishful thinking.
Learning Objective: LO 2.2: Provide examples to demonstrate the integrative forces in society that maintain order.
Topic/Concept: The Integrative Forces in Society
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
TB_Q2.2.28
Who developed the theory of false consciousness, the idea that oppressed people hold beliefs damaging to their
interests?
a. George Will
b. Karl Marx
c. Carl Jung
d. Joel Rogers
Learning Objective: LO 2.2: Provide examples to demonstrate the integrative forces in society that maintain order.
Topic/Concept: The Integrative Forces in Society
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts