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Major Perspectives of sociology
Three major Perspectives
4/26/2013
Brianna Slaton
The Three Sociological Perspectives
In today’s society many people may look at society in different ways. What you see and what I say may be totally different. You may present something in a different way than I would. Though we approach a topic differently does not mean we are wrong or right. This is just how society as a whole works. It has been this way in the past and is still present now and will be in the future. A sociologist is one of the people who do this and this is what they have worked on their whole life. They have worked to prove their point and get people to understand their point of view. One sociologist may see the world as being in order or stable and improving every day. Another may see that society as a whole is so worried about being in the norm of society and social institution. How society has become overwhelmed by what religion says is right or wrong. Also struggling with how your family decided your place in society. The last one may just think we are in one society made up of different members or groups trying to compete with others members and groups for economic resources. These are all valid points and these points that people choose to view society can be summed up from these three sociological perspectives the functionalist perspectives, the conflict perspective, and the interactionist perspective. These three perspectives will explain how we as people choose to analyze a given subject or topic, and how society as a whole plays a role in all of it. Given from a sociologist point of view the perspectives will be explained in terms of how society has influence on things. It will be a clear layout as to how society, social forces, and human behavior all play a role.
The functionalist perspective is an approach that shows how different parts of society have structure and uses that structure to maintain and keep its
Three major Perspectives
4/26/2013
Brianna Slaton
The Three Sociological Perspectives
In today’s society many people may look at society in different ways. What you see and what I say may be totally different. You may present something in a different way than I would. Though we approach a topic differently does not mean we are wrong or right. This is just how society as a whole works. It has been this way in the past and is still present now and will be in the future. A sociologist is one of the people who do this and this is what they have worked on their whole life. They have worked to prove their point and get people to understand their point of view. One sociologist may see the world as being in order or stable and improving every day. Another may see that society as a whole is so worried about being in the norm of society and social institution. How society has become overwhelmed by what religion says is right or wrong. Also struggling with how your family decided your place in society. The last one may just think we are in one society made up of different members or groups trying to compete with others members and groups for economic resources. These are all valid points and these points that people choose to view society can be summed up from these three sociological perspectives the functionalist perspectives, the conflict perspective, and the interactionist perspective. These three perspectives will explain how we as people choose to analyze a given subject or topic, and how society as a whole plays a role in all of it. Given from a sociologist point of view the perspectives will be explained in terms of how society has influence on things. It will be a clear layout as to how society, social forces, and human behavior all play a role.
The functionalist perspective is an approach that shows how different parts of society have structure and uses that structure to maintain and keep its
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