Sociology refers to the study on society and the world we live today, we may often see ourselves as a free agent, however, we are often influenced by the things surround us, such as the clothes we wear, the lifestyle we choose or the country we live. Sociologists try to understand human actions, social patterns and social structures; they are interested in what human actions are influenced by our interactions with other people and the external contexts. The same actions can be explained in different implications or aspects like economic, political, emotional etc. In order to understand social patterns and social structures, sociologists suggest a system of interaction between people that have a continuing influence on us. Differing from sociological approach where it uses research and evaluation to understand the society, a common sense approach refers to when people assume that they understand the world and the events taking place with it without having a deeper understand from different perspectives. …show more content…
Functionalists like Durkhiem claims that the parts of society work together, just as the various parts of human body do, for the benefit of the society as a whole. Whereas Marxists argue society is not a harmonious or positive as functionalists sociologist view. They believe that it is based on exploitation and division of social classes (the working class and the middle class) with conflicting interests and unequal power. Therefore, they view stability is the result of the dominant class being able to prevent change by using coercion or ideological