Compare And Contrast The Three Sociological Perspectives

Sociological Perspective
Imagination is another word for possibilities or a way to see things through the minds eye. It's vision that isn't accomplished through our senses. The sociological perspective adds society and it's overall purpose. Three of the main perspectives of sociological are the functionalist perspective, conflict perspective and the symboilc interactionist perspective. Each consist of theories on how society operates and believes the concept proves it.
The first concept examines how labels are recognized and their functionality. The structural functionalist perspective emphasizes the interconnectedness of society by focusing on how each part influences and is influenced by other parts. (Mooney, p8). Once society figures out

the use for something and it's intergrated as the latest crazy until something more intervative takes over. The most prolific example that I can think of is right now is the internet. We survived through everthing thrown our way beforehand but after the information superhighway came along society was able to truly delve into the unknown through the wealth of knowledge that was at everyone's fingertips. This class is a great example becasue know people can achieve the goal of eduation online. That wasn't fathomable thirty or fourty years ago. Without some form of purpose the word barbaric would best discribe the human existence.
I think that conflict perspective is the most interesting simply because it goes againt the stauts quo of humans living with robot like characteristics.

Everybody would be expected to think repetitively. Healthy conflict pushes away from the norm and sometimes it's needed just to break up the monotony of that continuous flow of mediocrity. Most of the time the social think tank is right but it doesnt mean that a contrary point of view is wrong. Most of the time my thought process is outside of the box and I love that because it gives me the opportunity to be the one to ask why. It also sometimes supports an easier, less strenuous way to get the desired result. I do understand that going against the grain isnt always ideal but it's needed every once in a while.
While functionalist and conflict perspectives are represented through societal cohesiveness and societal engagement symbolic interactionism shows the signifigance of it all. Society is symbolic interactionism. It's emphasizes of how society mingles and intertwines within itself through conflict and resloution every moment of everyday. Without interaction we would all be hermits or living in underground bunkers fading away. It would all become nothingness and it's history would be a distant

memory.
C Wright Mills states that your birthday shapes your worldly views. When and where you ended up in history's timeline justifies you social dialogue. I agree because whomever were the first human beings to figure out survival don't have any examples to follow.They are the originals that has allowed society to prevail. People don't do what they do becasue they inheried some internal mechanism, such as instincts. Rather external influences our experiences become part of our thinking and motivation. (Henslin, p4). Most survivalist go off of what mechanisms worked best in the past by cave men or former survivalists. Survivalism isn't as popular because of invention, evolution, innovation and technology. Today it's considered extremism. Functionalism is learned through trial and error, conflict through trying a new approach vices staying the course and symbolic interactionism by being labeled or given a title. Through what history has taught us all three suggest that our ancestors, the original social survivors are known as Neanderthals.