Questions: View society as a structure with interrelated parts designed to meet the biological and social needs of individuals who make up that society. Conflict Theorists Structural Functionalists Social Individualists Symbolic Interactionists

View society as a structure with interrelated parts designed to meet the biological and social needs of individuals who make up that society.
Conflict Theorists
Structural Functionalists
Social Individualists
Symbolic Interactionists
Transcript text: View society as a structure with interrelated parts designed to meet the biological and social needs of individuals who make up that society. Conflict Theorists Structural Functionalists Social Individualists Symbolic Interactionists
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The answer is Structural Functionalists: view society as a structure with interrelated parts designed to meet the biological and social needs of individuals who make up that society.

Explanation for each option:

  1. Conflict Theorists: This perspective focuses on the conflicts and power struggles between different groups within society. It emphasizes inequality and the ways in which social structures can create and perpetuate disparities. Conflict theorists do not primarily view society as a harmonious structure meeting individual needs.

  2. Structural Functionalists: This is the correct answer. Structural functionalism is a sociological perspective that sees society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote stability and social order. Each part of society is thought to serve a function that contributes to the overall stability and functioning of the whole, meeting the needs of individuals.

  3. Social Individualists: This term is not commonly used in sociological theory. It might suggest a focus on individual actions and choices within society, but it does not align with the description provided in the question.

  4. Symbolic Interactionists: This perspective focuses on the day-to-day interactions between individuals and the meanings they assign to these interactions. It emphasizes the subjective aspects of social life, rather than viewing society as a structure with interrelated parts designed to meet needs.

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