Every moment of the day, there are many life changing events that happen. Most of these events only affect a few amount of individuals, while other events affect the entire society. Each event that happens can be seen through different sociological perspectives, “a conceptual framework for thinking about and explaining how human activities are organized and/or how people relate to one another and respond to their surroundings” (Ferrante, 2014, p. 23). There are three different perspectives including functionalist, conflict, and symbolic interactionist. Each of these perspectives have there own way of thinking about how society works.
The first theory is the functionalist perspective. This theory states that “society is made up of a system of
The first theory is the functionalist perspective. This theory states that “society is made up of a system of