Describe and discuss functionalist theory as we have covered it from the start of the course. 2) Choose one of the following areas of social life and utilize the functionalist perspective to analyze it: Deviance, Family, or Gender. 3) Compare and contrast how functionalists versus conflict theorists view social inequality, and 4) illustrate both perspectives’ views of inequality with examples. 5) Finally, based on your understanding of functionalism, how do you think functionalists would analyze human population dynamics (covered in module 13) in the 21st century?
