Theory Assignment 1. Sociology utilizes three major theoretical perspectives; symbolic interactionism, functional analysis and conflict theory. Through these perspectives a variety of explanations about social life and human behavior are available (Henslin, 2012, pg 12). Symbolic interactionism is based upon symbols. These symbols allow us to attach meaning to certain things which aids in understanding the world and how to communicate within it. Without symbols, we would have no relationships, music
context. Symbolic interactionists, with their focus on taking the actor's definition and conducting in situ research, and more generally qualitative sociology, would develop these embryonic ideas in the 60s and 70s and beyond. He argued that neither Grand Theory without research that tests its presumptions, nor 'Abstracted Empiricism’, that is research that isn't guided by theory, were useful in sociology. But that the two should constantly be used in tandem with each other: the Theories to provide
about the Symbolic Interaction. The symbolic interaction is paradigm that sees interaction and meaning as central to society and assumes that meanings are not inherent but are created through interaction. Symbolic interaction was created from the teachings of George Herbert Meal (1863-1931). In the 1920s, a group of interactionalists came together to create the theory Symbolic Interaction at the university of Chicago. In the early 1900s, James Dewey and William James came up with the theory called pragmatism
groups or how the group life might actually be affecting the individual. These perspectives are used to conduct studies on a macro-level to include, small group, and individual’s size elements. By discussing the four perspectives it will show how sociology uses the perspective to better understand this society. The newspaper headline exemplifying the three sociological perspectives is: Overflow Crowd Speaks Out to the Ferguson City Council. It demonstrates the functionalism because
tree. Mead states that once we master the concept of a symbol we learn to think of objects symbolically. When we start to think of objects symbolically it helps to interact with others. According to symbolic interactionists all interactions between people involve the exchange of symbols. Symbolic interactionism is
Sociology is the ability to gather information in step form until a conclusion is gotten. The main point that in order to study a specific subject the person has to go step by step until a conclusion is found. This journal will explain what is meant by term sociological imagination. Furthermore, discuss three ways in which a person can develop his/her sociological perspective using Macionis explanation, and also to discuss the application of the three approaches of the sociological theory with
As Berger. P. L said in the sociological imagination, sociology requires us to focus on unrespectability. Nowadays, in the alleged civilized society, especially for those in middle class or upper class, the use of four-letter words or foul language seems unrespectable and unacceptable. Very often, people who are from middle class or upper class think that foul language, always coarse and obscene, is bad and used for vicious or baleful purposes. There is no doubt that foul language is coarse and obscene