Conflict Vocab

Question 1

Authority

Answer 1

power exercised with others’ consent

Question 2

Conflict

Answer 2

disagreements between individuals, groups, cultures, or societies that may be caused by differences in values, actions, and interests

Question 3

Consensus

Answer 3

the theory that cultural values and beliefs are learned and shared to a significant extent across a society and there is a general level of agreement about these values/beliefs

Question 4

Governmentality

Answer 4

refers to the methods in which the state exercises control over the population (term coined by Michel Foucault)

Question 5

Hegemony

Answer 5

one social group’s cultural/political dominance over others; the cultural processes through which the ruling classes maintain their power

Question 6

Ideology

Answer 6

system of social and moral ideas of a group of people, or the commitment to these central values

Question 7

Resistance

Answer 7

the act of social groups either refusing or modifying it to accommodate an unaccepted change

Question 8

Social control

Answer 8

the means used to maintain behavioral norms while regulating conflict

Question 9

State

Answer 9

an organized political community living under a single system of government

Question 10

Belief and Knowledge

Answer 10

a set of convictions, ideas, and values that are shared and regarded as “the truth” by a social group

Question 11

Identity

Answer 11

the way an individual views them self or the way they are viewed from a social group’s perspective (can be through ethnicity, religion, or nationality)

Question 12

Materiality

Answer 12

the cultural meaning of objects, resources, and belongings that influence social structure (ex: power resonates from money, money is shown through objects + possessions such as cars, houses, etc.)

Question 13

Power

Answer 13

the ability of an individual/group to influence, change, or manipulate others/environment/resources, and forms the social structure + creates inequality

Question 14

Social Relations

Answer 14

any relationship between 2 or more individuals within a network of groups/social relations

Question 15

Society

Answer 15

the way individuals organize themselves in a network of relationships/groups, and is sustained/created through social relationships

Question 16

Symbolism

Answer 16

the significance a society attaches to objects, actions, and processes; creating a network of symbols through which they construct a culture’s web of meaning