Web Exercises

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When studying families, we must focus on the three major theoretical perspectives: functionalism, symbolic interactionism, and conflict theory. Go to this website and review the major sociological theories:

http://open.lib.umn.edu/sociology/chapter/1-3-theoretical-perspectives-in-sociology/

After you have reviewed the website, identify the main premise of each theory.