sociology
Test One There are only three theoretical perspectives in sociology. Three major Sociological Theoretical Perspectives are conflict perspective, functionalist perspective and symbolic interactionists theories. Conflict perspective is not like the functionalists who see education as a social institution that performs functions for the benefit of society; conflict theorists see education as a tool used by the elite to maintain their dominance. Functionalist in contrast, are likely to stress the functions of deviance, as they are to stress its dysfunctions.