Define the theoretical perspective in sociology

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Assignment:

This writing assignment focuses on the three major theoretical perspectives in Sociology - symbolic interactionism, functionalism, and conflict theory. You will apply one of the three major sociological perspectives to a movie of your choice. Think about how movie characters, storyline, setting, etc., might be used to explain the main ideas of one of the perspectives. Disney movies are usually easy to see the theories. However, you can use any movie of your choice.

State the movie you will use.

Identify and define the theoretical perspective you will use. What are the main ideas of the perspective? You may use more than 1 perspective if you wish.

Give examples (explain/apply) that illustrate how the theoretical perspective can be seen. What happens in the movie that can be understood using the perspective/s you selected. Explain at least 3 different scenes.

In the explanation, you will use at least 5 sociological terms from the book. Please highlight or put the terms in bold. The theories do not count. Be sure to use them correctly.

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