Question

question 2
2 pts
_____ view society as a structure with interrelated parts designed to meet the biological and social needs of individuals who make up that society.

○ symbolic interactionists
○ conflict theorists
○ structural functionalists
○ social individualists

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze each option:

• Symbolic Interactionists focus on individual interactions and symbols, not society as interrelated parts for needs.
• Conflict Theorists emphasize power struggles and inequality, not meeting needs via interrelated parts.
• Structural Functionalists view society as a system of interrelated parts (like organs in a body) that work together to meet the biological and social needs of individuals.
• "Social Individualists" is not a recognized major sociological perspective matching this description.

Answer:

C. Structural Functionalists