Three Major Sociological Theories
The theories that are used in sociology provide us with different perspectives with which we can view our social world. A theory is a set of interrelated propositions or principles designed to answer a question or explain a particular phenomenon. Sociological theories help us explain and even predict the social world in which we live.
There are three major theories that are used by a sociologist. Those three major theories are Symbol Interactionism, Functional Analysis, and Conflict Theory. I chose these three theories because I wanted to learn more about the three theories that are used the most by a sociologist. I also want to give a better understanding for each not only for myself but for those who read my paper as well.
Symbol Interactionism is a social psychological theory developed from the work of Charles Horton Cooley and George Herbert Mead in the early part of the twentieth century. (Powell, J. L. (2013) Symbolic Interactionism. Nova Science Incorporated). There were a number of influences on the development of symbolic interactionism. In 1979 a man named Paul Rock had …show more content…
It emphasizes the social, political, or material inequality of a social group. Conflict theory came from Karl Marx. Marx had focused on the caused and the consequences of the class conflict between the owners of the means of production and the capitalist and the working class and the poor.
The main parts of the article Understanding the Importance of “Symbolic Interaction Stigma”: How Expectations About the Reactions of Others Adds to the Burden of Mental Illness Stigma were the important components of stigma that included imagining what others might think of you, which is also known as a stigmatized status. It also anticipating what might transpire in a interaction with others. It rehearsed what someone might do if something untoward occurs. Those imagined relations are called, symbolic interaction
There are three major theories that are used by a sociologist. Those three major theories are Symbol Interactionism, Functional Analysis, and Conflict Theory. I chose these three theories because I wanted to learn more about the three theories that are used the most by a sociologist. I also want to give a better understanding for each not only for myself but for those who read my paper as well.
Symbol Interactionism is a social psychological theory developed from the work of Charles Horton Cooley and George Herbert Mead in the early part of the twentieth century. (Powell, J. L. (2013) Symbolic Interactionism. Nova Science Incorporated). There were a number of influences on the development of symbolic interactionism. In 1979 a man named Paul Rock had …show more content…
It emphasizes the social, political, or material inequality of a social group. Conflict theory came from Karl Marx. Marx had focused on the caused and the consequences of the class conflict between the owners of the means of production and the capitalist and the working class and the poor.
The main parts of the article Understanding the Importance of “Symbolic Interaction Stigma”: How Expectations About the Reactions of Others Adds to the Burden of Mental Illness Stigma were the important components of stigma that included imagining what others might think of you, which is also known as a stigmatized status. It also anticipating what might transpire in a interaction with others. It rehearsed what someone might do if something untoward occurs. Those imagined relations are called, symbolic interaction