MODULE 5-CULTURE AND

SOCIETY AS SOCIOLOGICAL
CONCEPT
 STRUCTURAL-
1
FUNCTIONAL
APPROACH

SOCIO-
2
CONFLICT
APPROACH

3
SYMBOLIC-
INTERACTION
APPROACH
 • STRUCTURAL-
FUNCTIONAL APPROACH

- view society as a " complex

system whose parts works together
to promote solidarity and stability"
 ROBERT MERTON
American Sociologist
- differentiates two kinds of
functions.
• MANIFEST FUNCTION
• LATENT FUNCTION
 MANIFEST FUNCTION
- is the intended,
recognized, and obvious
function.
 LATENT FUNCTION
- is the unintended and
unrecognized function.
 SOCIAL STRUCTURE
- gives our lives shape-in families, the
workplace, the classroom, the community.
3. SOCIAL-CONFLICT
APPROACH
- sees society as an "arena of
inequality that generates conflict
and change".
 4. SYMBOLIC-
INTERACTION APPROACH

- views sees society as the "product of

the everyday interactions of
individuals".
 SYMPATHETIC
UNDERSTANDING

daily routine
SLOGAN MAKING!

ACTIVITY!
"Create a slogan with a clear
message about the connection of
culture and society as a
sociological concept"