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Theoretical perspectives are ways of grouping theories together to best explain

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Question

Theoretical perspectives are ways of grouping theories together to best explain the question of how society continues to function (social order). Of the main theoretical perspectives in sociology, which is associated with a microsociological approach to understanding and examining society?

Sociological Perspective

Structural Functionalist Perspective

Symbolic Interactionist Perspective

Conflict Perspective

Marxist Perspective

Theoretical perspectives are ways of grouping theories together to best explain the question of how society continues to function (social order). Of the main theoretical perspectives in sociology, which is associated with a microsociological approach to understanding and examining society?

Answers: a.

Sociological Perspective

b.

Structural Functionalist Perspective

c.

Symbolic Interactionist Perspective

d.

Conflict Perspective

e.

Marxist Perspective

Explanation / Answer

c.Symbolic Interactionist Perspective

(Microsociological approach is more or less concerned with understanding the bases of social action and interaction among individual members of society. In this sense symbolic interaction examines meaning, action, and interaction at the micro level. According to microsociological approach, it is these interactions that define the the social world, which makes the social structures, and create and maintain societies.)