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| This approach is a framework for building theory that sees society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability. | Structural-Functional Approach |
| This approach is a framework for building theory that sees society as the product of the everyday interactions of individuals. | Symbolic Interaction Approach |
| This approach is a framework for building theory that sees society as an arena of inequality that generates conflict and change. | Social-Conflict Approach |
| These approaches share a macro-level orientation, a broad focus on social structures that shape society as a whole. | Structural-Functional Approach and Social-Conflict Approach |
| This approach uses a micro-level orientation, a close-up focus on social interaction in specific situations. | Symbolic Interaction Approach |
| This approach has its roots in the thinking of Max Weber, a German sociologist who emphasized the need to understand a setting from the point of view of the people in it. | Symbolic Interaction Approach |
| This approach points to social structure, any relatively stable pattern of social behavior. | Structural-Functional Approach |
| This approach highlights inequality and change. | Social-Conflict Approach |
| This approach looks for a structure’s social functions, the consequences of any social pattern for the operation of society as a whole. | Structural-Functional Approach |
| This approach owes much to Auguste Comte, who pointed out the need to keep society unified at a time when many traditions were breaking down. | Structural-Functional Approach |
| Emile Durkheim based his work on this approach. | Structural-Functional Approach |
| This approach is concerned with how human beings live in a world of symbols and attach meaning to virtually everything. | Symbolic Interaction Approach |
| This approach leads sociologists to indentify various structures of society and investigate their functions. | Structural-Functional Approach |
| This approach guides sociologists to investigate how factors such as social class, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and age are linked to a society’s unequal distribution of money, power, education, and social prestige. | Social-Conflict Approach |
| George Herbert Mead, Erving Goffman, and Peter Blau are important sociologists that have used this approach. | Symbolic Interaction Approach |
| Sociologists use this approach to look at ongoing conflict between dominant and disadvantaged categories of people. | Social-Conflict Approach |
| This approach focuses on how social patterns benefit some people while hurting others. | Social-Conflict Approach |
| This approach is used by sociologists to bring about societal change that would reduce inequality. | Social-Conflict Approach |
| This approach owes much of its ideas to Karl Marx, who championed the cause of workers in their battle against factory owners. | Social-Conflict Approach |
