Conflict Theory

A win-lose orientation assumes that there can only be one winner in a conflict. This type of conflict can cause problems in a relationship, because it is generally followed by dissatisfaction and resentment from the ‘loser’ of the argument (Wood, 2016). The best solution to conflict is a win-win orientation. Everyone involved must be satisfied with the end result, and this may include compromise by both sides.

In the functionalist perspective, each aspect of the community is dependent on each other and all add to the functioning of society as a whole. A circle of interdependence, the state for example, provides education for the children in a family, which pays taxes that the state depends on to operate. Returning to the family, they depend on the school to properly develop their children so they grow up to have successful careers so they one day have and support their own families. They learn lessons that aid in their understanding of social expectancies. This ensures that they desire to be law abiding, that they pay their taxes and support the government.

The conflict analysis previously described can be better understood applying the psychodynamic theory. After thinking about the conflict, I have come to conclusion that my sister displaced conflict. Raven asserted the hardship that she was currently going through and after analyzing the psychodynamic theory, I realized that she was taking her frustration out on the wrong people. Over those past couple of days, she has continually been building up her anger and she should have explained her frustration with her friend that she was having issues with.

The conflict theory is a macro-oriented theory proposed by Marx that gives the view that the society is an arena of inequality that generates a state of continuous conflict and social change over limited resources. Conflict theories emphasize the social, political, and material imbalance in society. This theory claims that domination and authority sustain social order, rather than agreement and structure suggest by the theory of functionalism. This meaning that society is structured in a way that all major social structures, laws, and traditions in the society are designed to benefit a small dominant group of people at the expense of the majority of the population. Therefore, in my opinion, power is the base of conflict theory. According to conflict theorist, people with the wealth and power in society do whatever it takes to keep it, mainly by overpowering the unfortunate and the powerless.

Marvin Carlson’s article argues about whether plays are better experienced purely through text or through performance. He discusses the conflict theorists dealt with when they wanted to perform Shakespeare’s plays. Some theorists believed that Shakespeare’s texts were a magnificent work on their own and that any performance needed to be as close to the text as possible. This caused theorists to regard performance as unnecessary since it had the potential to ruin the text. This type of theory carried on past the romantic period and some theorist continue to believe that plays should keep to the original script as much as possible. Carlson cites Charles Lamb commenting on how performances of Hamlet diminish the quality of Shakespeare’s work. Marvin then explains how

The social conflict theory is based on society being a complex system characterized by inequality and conflict that generate social change. Social conflict can be seen all over the world we live in: in sports, politics and normal social engagements and society at large. Karl Marx studied social conflict His entire life and wanted to reduce social inequality. The social conflict theory can be described as favoritism; Society tends to show favoritism to the prestigious members of that particular society. Social inequality is shown throughout the world from situations of race, ethnicity, gender, and age. These factors may dictate wealth, schooling, power, and prestige. The social conflict paradigm views the patterns that benefit

Conflict theorists tends to focus on those tensions created by power and conflict that ultimately cause change. Conflict theorist also see mass education as a tool of capitalist society, controlling the entrance into higher levels of education through the selection and allocation function and manipulating the public.

The conflict perspective is a way of thinking that is based on the belief that social problems arise out of major contradictions in the way societies are organized, contradictions that lead to large scaled conflict between those who have access to the good life and those who do not. The perspective rejects the idea of the functionalist idea that social problems can be corrected by reforming dysfunctional systems. The conflict perspective was developed by Karl Marx. Poorly functioning organizations and other social problems such as unemployment, poverty, crime, corruption, and warfare are usually not the fault of individuals and this is what Karl Marx was attempting to prove. Marx disputed that their access to wealth and power is the origin

After reviewing the lyrics and video, I couldn’t help to see things from the Marxist or conflict theory perspective. A few seconds into the video I realized that the teachers and school are trying to discourage individuality in the student who wrote poetry. It almost gives a feeling that the schools are trying to create robots to enter the world and workforce rather than creative, individual students. For example, the students wear masks to take away their identity and are placed on an assembly line. Our texts states that inequality exists and this style of reproducing students is keeping the lower class in the lower class and higher class maintaining their place on top. Conflict theorists believe that society changes from a conflict and from

The second conflict problem is that the senior members on the new team have been sloughing off the paper work and giving it to the new guys. At first it was not an issue because we could keep up with the workload, but now we are starting to fall behind on top of all these calls. Now the problem is the sergeant is coming down on us because we can not keep up with the workload, and he is suggesting we should do over time without pay to catch up.

A theory may explain human behavior. All theories enforce each other, theories work as links of a chain, for example behavioral theory seeks to explain human behavior is the way we associate with others to unite a positive or negative relationship which can lead to conflict theory if the relationship goes negative. The strongest interventions may be built from multiple theories. Negative relationships between young people can lead to misunderstanding which can result in incarceration (a system no one wants to see their children in). When combining theories, it is important to clearly think through the unique contribution of each theory. Conflict theory helps explain how power structures and power disparities impact people’s lives. Consistency and pronounced family structure and can help someone empower themselves to do better if the family is not structured the way society thinks is normal.

The conflict theory has affected families because it put a strain on the parents because they are worried about their children education and if they are learning what is being taught to them.

The conflict theory approach emphasizes issues of inequality and change in relation to social class, money, race ethnicity and gender. The conflict theory pinpoints the belief that these social classifications are parasitic: only benefiting one group while negatively affecting another. In particular, the social conflict approach focuses on the struggles that lower-class people face in a world where the rich and powerful benefits at their expense. Persons of the lower-class are often disadvantaged, since they are not given a chance to move ahead and are always stuck at the bottom of the social ladder. Upper-class individuals are able to fully educate their children, and hence, their generation will always be rich and powerful. However, a weakness

Divorce rates are growing higher and higher every year. I will compare the sociological conflict theory and symbolic interaction theory on the social issue of rising divorce rates. I will show how symbolic interaction can contribute to divorce because people will lack the direct response to the actions of other people. I will also show how the conflict theory interprets the high tensions in a marriage a result from the sociological and economic pressures we face in life.

This is a research about conflict which should be considered and resolute during a project. Although, six experts are from different background, there are many sufficient methods to deal with different kind of issues during the working. The great mode has used in the research is Thomas-Kilmann’s conflict mode instrument. (Thomas, K. W., & Kilmann, R. H. ,1974). There are five effective approaches are discussed. Each approaches have its positive and negative effects. Also, there are many problems that each expert should consider about themselves which can devote their effort to help finish the project successfully. Achieving mastery through a comprehensive study of all of these methods can finally bring a huge success to the whole project.