Assignment task:
You will be choosing a major sociological perspective (functionalism, conflict theory, or symbolic interactionism) and you will apply your chosen theory to social structure and interaction. You are required to choose ONE perspective and apply it to social structure and interaction from this week's lecture and the identified agents of socialization as mentioned in Week Eight's lecture. What you will be answering in this paper is:
1. How does your chosen perspective approach EACH individual agent of socialization? (Note: it would be a good idea to have a HEADING and AT LEAST a paragraph dedicated to each agent of socialization as mentioned in the lecture. Additionally, think both big picture and specific details - analyzing and explaining perspective when focusing on specifics like agents of socialization is easy to dissect when you gather broad information as well as detailed specifics).
2. What are the strengths of this perspective in relation to agents of socialization and social structure? (Note: you might want this to be its own paragraph with its own heading)
3. What are the limits of this perspective in relation to agents of socialization and social structure? (Note: you might want this to be its own paragraph with its own heading)