Explain the function of theoretical perspectives in the field of sociology and list the three main sociological theoretical perspectives.

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Varies. Theoretical perspectives are groups of theories that share certain common ways of "seeing" how society works. The three main theoretical perspectives in sociology are structural functionalism, conflict theory, and symbolic interactionism.

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