Three Major Theoretical Perspectives Of Sociological Analysis

Sociologist look at the world through three major theoretical perspectives. Symbolic interaction, functional analysis, and conflict theory. Symbolic interactionism is a theory about social behavior and interaction. When in public one may find their selves changing their stance or the way they speak or even adjusting the way they look based on how they think people are looking at them. One may want people to see them in a certain way such as nice or friendly, or approachable. Sociologist view how people navigate and communicate their interactions with others. Symbolic interactionist focus on the micro level because it looks at small units when analyzing data. Robert Merton’s contribution to sociology is very important to the functional perspective