PSY Wk3 Provide a very brief description of the issue/movement. Note the theory you are using to evaluate this issue / movement. How would this theory explain the primary cause for the social change? What are the strengths of this theory in evaluating this issue? What are the limitations of this theory in evaluating this issue? The use of theory to explain and ground a complex topic such as social change inevitably ends up insufficient in some regard; further, theories may overlap, preventing a clear distinction between one and another. However, theory has a very useful function in providing a common language to aid in the organizing of experience; it also provides a base from which to generate ideas for future research, and finally, it aids in the ability to see beyond individual elements and derive implications for the future (Vago, 2004).

PSY Wk3 Provide a very brief description of the issue/movement. Note the theory you are using to evaluate this issue / movement. How would this theory explain the primary cause for the social change? What are the strengths of this theory in evaluating this issue? What are the limitations of this theory in evaluating this issue? The use of theory to explain and ground a complex topic such as social change inevitably ends up insufficient in some regard; further, theories may overlap, preventing a clear distinction between one and another. However, theory has a very useful function in providing a common language to aid in the organizing of experience; it also provides a base from which to generate ideas for future research, and finally, it aids in the ability to see beyond individual elements and derive implications for the future (Vago, 2004).

Visit the following websites for more detailed information about each theory:

Functionalism:

http://web.grinnell.edu/courses/soc/s00/soc111-01/IntroTheories/Functionalism.html
Conflict Theory:

http://media.pfeiffer.edu/lridener/courses/COLLINR1.HTML
http://web.grinnell.edu/courses/soc/s00/soc111-01/IntroTheories/Conflict.html

Symbolic Interactionism:
http://web.grinnell.edu/courses/soc/s00/soc111-01/IntroTheories/Symbolic.html
http://www.colorado.edu/communication/meta-discourses/Papers/App_Papers/Nelson.htm