Name:_____________________________________________________ Date:_______________ Period:_____ Comparing The Three Perspectives CONFLICT PERSPECTIVE FUNCTIONALISM SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONISM A society is a relatively A society experiences People’s interpretations of integrated whole inconsistency and conflict symbols are based on the everywhere meanings they learn from A soceity tends to seek relative others A society is continually stability People base their interaction on subjected to change their interpretations of symbols Most aspects of a society A society involves the contribute to the society’s Symbols permit people to have constraint and coercion of some and survival internal conversations thus, members by others – they can gear interaction to A society rests on the consensus the behavior that they think Society is constantly in of its members others expect of them and the competition between groups behavior they expect of others
Name:_____________________________________________________ Date:_______________ Period:_____ Comparing The Three Perspectives FUNCTIONALISM CONFLICT PERSPECTIVE SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONISM A society is a relatively integrated whole A soceity tends to seek relative stability Most aspects of a society contribute to the society’s and survival A society rests on the consensus of its members A society experiences inconsistency and conflict everywhere A society is continually subjected to change A society involves the constraint and coercion of some members by others Society is constantly in competition between groups People’s interpretations of symbols are based on the meanings they learn from others People base their interaction on their interpretations of symbols Symbols permit people to have internal conversations – thus, they can gear interaction to the behavior that they think others expect of them and the behavior they expect of others