Question

A researcher who is curious about how changes in education laws affect employment rates is most likely using which paradigm?

a- Postmodernism
b-Structural Functionalism
c-Symbolic Interactionism
d-Social Conflict

Answer 1

The correct answer is B. Structural Functionalism. In a study of education in the US functionalists would look at the role the schools play in maintaining the social system as a whole, how education provides the yound with skills they need alter in life, and how it transmits cultural values from one generation to the next. On the other hand, in a study of homelessness in American society, theorists of a social conflict would emphasize the struggle between social classes, especially how the policies of the wealthy protect their interests while pushing certain groups into unemployment and homelessness.

Answer 2

Postmodernism is the cultural and economic condition of society after modernity.

Structural Functionalism is a sociological theory that tries to explain why society functions in a certain way in relation to the institutions that make up society such as law, government, education, religion etc.

Symbolic Interactionism is the sociological theory that tries to explain social behavior in the way people interact with each other via symbols.

Social Conflict is the struggle for power in a society between two individuals or two groups.

Question: A researcher who is curious about how changes in education laws affect employment rates is most likely using which paradigm?

Answer: b-Structural Functionalism