Question

According to the family as an institution reinforces and supports power relations in society.

a. functionalism
b. conflict theory
c. symbolic interaction theory
d. exchange theory

Answer 1

social interactionist theories.

Sociological views on today’s families and their problems generally fall into the functional, conflict, and social interactionist approaches introduced in Chapter 1 “Understanding Social Problems”. Let’s review these views, which are summarized in Table 10.1 “Theory Snapshot”.