Explain The Three Sociological Perspectives

There are three basic theoretical perspectives of sociology used by sociologists today. These perspectives include the following: Symbolic Interactionalism, Functionalism, and Conflict Theory. These three perspectives help sociologists understand and explain the affect society has on people and how people affect the society. These perspectives help us to understand why our thoughts are shaped by the society we grew up in rather than the society we were born in. They show us how some society groups work together to build up a society and others against each other to compete for the most power in the society.
The Symbolic Interactionism focuses on the connection between society and people; It’s on face-to-face scale rather than other large scale social structures. This perspective states that symbols are what shapes and affects how we interact with one another and how we view the society around us. Some examples of symbols include race, gender, and indecent behaviors like skipping school. The theory also states that without these
This theory states that rather than working together, the parts of society compete with one another due to scarce resources in our society. These societies are based on power. There are higher and lower stances in conflict theory, like classes. They are based off wealth, power, and rights. For example, maids are considered to be in a lower class and their employers are in higher classes. Since they are getting paid and earning very little money they are seen as lower than their employers who are part of the wealthy class. Another example is “machismo” in families. The males are presumed to be better, stronger, smarter, and faster than females and they take on all the “hard” roles in the family like working, doing yard work, hunting, and fishing. On the other hand, girls are left with cooking, cleaning, and mending to their children’s needs. The males have more power than the females, and they compete for