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Members of a counterculture movement believed that the economic disparity between the highest and the mid to lower economic classes is growing at an exponentially alarming rate. A sociologist who studies that movement by examining the ways in which members work together to promote their message and motivate other members would most likely use a _ theoretical approach. On the other hand, if the same sociologist were to focus their research on the causes and consequences of the rapid expansion of the economic gap between the upper and lower classes, they are most likely using the paradigm.

A. Functionalist; symbolic interactionist
B. conflict; functionalist
C. symbolic interactionist; conflict
D. functionalist; conflict
E. conflict; symbolic interactions
F. symbolic interactionist; functionalist

Symbolic interactionism is the theoretical approach that assumes that people respond to elements of their environments based on their subjective meanings. In such an environment, meanings are created and modified through social interaction because of the symbolic communication taking place.

What is the conflict paradigm?

The conflict paradigm emphasizes the conflict that exists because of the economic gap between the upper and lower classes because the upper and lower classes do not work together in a shared environment.

Thus, the theoretical approach and paradigm adopted by the sociologist in the two situations are C. symbolic interactionist; conflict.

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