1. Conflict theory is the major assumption where by society is characterised by perspective and persive inequality based on social classes it is also displays various factors such as gender and rave. The social problems arise from fundamental faults in the structure of society and both reflect and reinforce inequalities based on dimensions such as gender, the other factor causing social problem conflict is the lack of scare resources that usually appears during internet negotiation between dominant and subordinate groups end up in conflict.

The symbol interactionism is a theoretical perspective where by people construct their roles as they interact they do not merely learn the roles that society has set out for the them to take part for example people who are deaf rely heavily on symbols as words and gesture to reach a shared understanding of their interactions to others.