Functionalism‚ Conflict Theory & Symbolic Interactionism November 13‚ 2012 “Knowledge is shaped by the social world.” (Karl Mannheim.) Though trying to understand the social world may seem difficult‚ sociologists managed to create three theories on how different areas of the world fit with one another as well as working hand in hand with each other. The three theories are known as Symbolic Interactionism‚ Functionalism and Conflict Theory. Each theory serves as a significant
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macro-level theory is described as a large-scale relationships and to answer fundamental questions. The theories tend to be abstract and difficult. A micro-level theory is described as they cover only very specific relationships between individuals and small groups. These theories tend to be dependent on their context and are more concrete‚ like set and stone. This also means that they are more scientifically testable. The three major theoretical perspectives are structural functionalism‚ conflict theory
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Differences in how conflict theorists and symbolic interactionists view the issue of gender and housework. The conflict theorist perspective emphasizes on the inequality existing in marriages. According to the conflict theorists‚ there exists an unequal power between couples (husbands and wives) in a marriage. Conflict theorist postulate that an individual with marriage experience as having been in marriage or have even experienced marriage from its inner perspective understand that however much
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Same-Sex Marriage The three theoretical perspectives in Sociology are Symbolic Interactionism‚ Functional Analysis‚ and Conflict Theory. These three perspectives can be applied to the topic of same-sex marriage‚ although a bill was passed in June 2015 allowing same-sex marriages. The topic still remains as an issue here in the United States for the couples to have equality as a straight couple would have. Symbolic Interactionism is the analysis of an individual’s interaction while in another person’s
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Assignment #1 The first major theoretical perspective is the functionalist perspective‚ which also goes by the names functionalism and structural functionalism. These types of perspectives are commonly based on the theory that society is a stable‚ orderly system. Under the functionalist perspective‚ a society is said to be composed of many different parts‚ which are interrelated and serves different functions that in the end contributes to the stability of the society. Many factors‚ such as education
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The structural functionalism and social conflict theory‚ are ideas that come under the micro -level paradigms that entails a large-scale of patterns and structure. The fundamental function theory is when society has many individual parts of the community‚ consolidated with each part that makes a society. However‚ crime is its‚ unique part of the community and crime in small amounts is a norm for the society. Therefore‚ when deviant acts of a criminal nature‚ this will reinforce the values of the
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The symbolic interaction theory is derived from three basic assumptions formulated by Brumer in 1969(Friedan‚ Bowden‚ & Jones‚ 2003). The first assumption is human beings act toward things on the basis of the meaning that these things have for them. Secondly‚ the meaning of such things is derived from‚ and arises out of‚ the social interaction that one has with one’s fellows (Friedan‚ Bowden‚ & Jones‚ 2003). Lastly‚ these meanings are handled in‚ and modified through‚ an interpretive process used
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Durkheim and functionalism Emile Durkheim‚ the founder of functionalism‚ spent much of his academic career studying religions‚ especially those of small societies. The totetism‚ or primitive kinship system of Australian aborigines as an “elementary” form of religion‚ primarily interested him. This research formed the basis of Durkheim’s 1921 book‚ The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life‚ which is certainly the best‐known study on the sociology of religion. Durkheim viewed religion within the context
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“In sociology‚ a theory is a way to explain different aspects of social interactions and to create a testable proposition” (Openstax College‚ 2015‚ p. 5). Sociologists use theories to explain things based on reason and critical thinking. Without these theories‚ sociologists would not be able to explain nearly anything in the sociological field. These theories include functionalism‚ conflict theory‚ and symbolic interaction. Functionalism is the theory that society is a structure with interrelated
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