After having discussed and learned about the three Sociological Theories/Perspectives: Conflict, Interactionist, and Functionalist - which one do you think is the best way to understand a society?
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i think that the functionalist theory is the one that society abides by, it may not be the one we want to go by but i think that in order to look at society we have to do whats the best for everyone. it kind of goes with the saying whats meant to be will always find its way and things were ment to happen for a reason. in the movie we watched in class we saw the scene where daisy was going to get hit by a car and it went through all the steps that got there. the lady who answered the phone etc. but i guess that society now a days tries to follow what it thinks is best for people. sure theres a bit on each theory in there at some point, but i think mainly some of us try and do what they think is best, wheater its for themselves or for everyone else.
I think the Interactionist perspective is the best one to describe society. Society is mainly about individuals interacting with each other and society becomes bigger because we interact with more and more people.For example you could see some societys that dont interact and have many problems and there are many societies that interact and they go farther.Society does use every perspective many times but the interactionist perspective, in my opinion, is the most used and important one. In the Interactionist perspective symbols are also used and we used symbols in our everyday lives. Lanuguage is one of the most common symbols that we use everyday and it may be one of the most important symbols in some peoples lives.The perspectives may differ for everyone else, but I believe the interactionist is the best way to understand society.
i think that the conflict theory applies to society as a whole the most out of the three perspectives. what is life anyways? its a bunch of events tied together. and nothing changes with out a conflict imposed, and for events to occur there must be something (conflict) to make it happen, whether good or bad. without some conflict there would be no evolution, nothing new, and everything would be the same, people would be ignorant, and there would be nothing to do, with ourselves.
I think that all three theories are important to understanding a society and that it is hard to pick one and say it is the most important. However, if I had to pick one I would say the functionalist theory because it can be applied to everyday life. If you really wanted to, you could find a way to apply all the aspects of the other theories to the functionalist theory.
I think the best sociological theory to understand society is the interactionist perspective. I feel this way because you can learn a lot from the people around you. Also, you can also influence others. This is all done by interaction. The interactionist theory can be applied to any given day because I don't remember a day where I did not interact with someone, and when you interact with just about anyone, you tend to learn something. Thus, by interacting with others you can learn about the individual, and in turn, society itself by using the interactionist perspective.
i think the best oone to understand is confilct becuase theres always conflict in life and it's the one that stands out the most. The other two you have to look in depth to find. And after watching bejamin botton i had the most written down for conflict becuase i didn't really understand the others and the examples in the movie.
I the conflict theory was the best one for society because no matter what happens theres always going to be conflict in a society. Theres always going to be a group of people that disagree with how society works. If it werent for conflict there wouldnt be a reason for people to argue thier point of view on things, also not everyone in this world thinks alike so there has to be conflict no matter which way you put it.Conflict equals competition and competition makes up a society
i believed that the conflict theory is the best theory that affects our society. the conflict theory explains that when you do something there's always a conflict to it, even if it could be good or bad. i can explain that by using a everyday life at nhs, you can meet someone new who you know nothing about and they seem nice, so you go up and introduce yourself to the person, then you find out the person is bad and your friends leave you because they dont the reputation that the person may have. so thats a conflict for meeting anew person.
Although all three perspectives are important to describe society, I would say that the Interactionist Theory is the best way to understand a society. I say this because in order to have a functioning society you need to know how to interact with all different kinds of people in society. If you don't interact with others, especially those different than you, the society would not be a stable one and things would not get done. When problems in society need to be discussed or good things occur civil interaction between the people of society is needed, without that it would fall apart. That is with i think the Interactionist Theory is the best way to understand a society.
To be perfectly honest i believe that not one holds the upper hand to this question, meaning that i believe all of them are inportant to understand the key factors of society. I believe that if you were to take different sections from each of the three perspectives i feel that you will better understand society than someone that juss feels strongly about one. My therory is applied from the deffinition of having a socialogical imagination having the ability to see the bigger picture while at the same time keeping an open mind. I feel that if you apply this to the three perspectives about society you will better understand how society works as a whole as well as its interelated parts, given the fact that you can take all three to connect with society all together.
To be perfectly honest i believe that not one holds the upper hand to this question, meaning that i believe all of them are inportant to understand the key factors of society. I believe that if you were to take different sections from each of the three perspectives i feel that you will better understand society than someone that juss feels strongly about one. My therory is applied from the deffinition of having a socialogical imagination having the ability to see the bigger picture while at the same time keeping an open mind. I feel that if you apply this to the three perspectives about society you will better understand how society works as a whole as well as its interelated parts, given the fact that you can take all three to connect with society all together.
I think the best sociological theory to understand society is the interactionist perspective. I feel this way because interactions is a main part of society and people interact all the time and is a part and way of life for people. If we didn't interact with one another then I don't think we could have a proper functioning society. We would fall apart and nothing would get done. For example on a smaller scale say a house needed to be built, it couldn't be built if the work men couldn't interact with each other and communicate. they wouldn't know who was doing what or where something was going, it would just be a mess without communication. So thats why i think the interactions perspective is so important and is the sociological theory to understand society.
I don't think that any of these perspectives are really the "best" to describe society. They are all necessary when you look at the big picture. You can't have conflict or functionalist without interaction. But societies would never develop and progress without conflict or functionalist. If I had to choose one I would say that conflict is the one that our society NEEDS the most. Without conflict we become complacent and would never really change our ways. It's like talking about the drastic decrease in crime over the last 10 years. Crime was the conflict and it pushed our society to change and crack down on crime. But with crime being lower now, the "good" or normal people in society will be less worried about it and won't keep security up to date. We might possibly even make it back to not locking doors at night and then the criminals get the upper hand again. Basically what I am trying to say is people could interact or find the cause of something, but without real conflict they won't change anything.
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