Virginia has a severe head cold so instead of making dinner as usual for her family, she opts to go to bed early. virginia's family understands and accepts that she is not fulfilling her typical responsibilities because she is ill. this is known as the "sick role." consider the major theoretical perspectives routinely explored throughout the text. which theoretical approach might be used to understand this example?
a. symbolic interactionismb. structural functionalismc. conflict theoryd. labeling theory

b. structural functionalism.                                                                                                                                        

Explanation:

Structural Functionalism: The structural functionalism theory is based on the work of Emile Durkheim, Robert Merton, Herbert Spencer, and Talcott Parsons.

The term structural functionalism is considered to be as the sociological theory which is described as explaining the nature of society behaving in a certain way and the reason behind it by focusing on the relationships between several social institutions that represent the society, for example, law, religion, education, government, etc.

In the question above, the structural-functionalism perspective is being used to understand the given example.

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