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Assignment 1 Theoretical Perspectives There are many methods used to examine society they are considered to be contemporary theoretical perspectives The most widely accepted perspectives are the functionalist conflict symbolic interactionism and postmodernist The functionalist perspective is the assumption that society is a fixed and well ordered system This system can be categorized by the societal consensus where most members of the society have a common moral standard Kendall D E 2017 A society is able to survive and remain stable by having some sort of social structures and institutions like a government education systems religion and families Without one of these the society will become chaos and not function properly Kendall D E 2017 Conflict perspective states that society is maintained by the continuous competition for limited resources Kendall D E 2017 The forms of these conflicts may be through negotiation politics or even a family discussing financial problems Today however believers of the conflict perspective believe social life is also a competition for power in groups The perspective stating that society is the based on the interactions between individuals and groups is known at symbolic interactionist Kendall D E 2017 Theorists studying the interaction between two or more individuals and study how symbolic communication plays a role in it Some examples of symbolic communication may include a ring which symbolizes love and marriage but it can also be in the form of facial gestures tone of one s voice or even posture Kendall D E 2017 Postmodernist is a perspective that rejects all of the theories mentioned above
