Joseph and Paula are excited to welcome their child into the world. They cannot wait to pass on all their knowledge, insight, and rich culture. Just as their parents gave them guidance and showed them how to live, Joseph and Paula will continue the chain by handing down their societal values and thus, sustain the society they love so much. Which sociological paradigm does this story fit? Structural Functionalism Conflict Symbolic Interactionism Feminist Theory

Structural Functionalism

Explanation:

Structural Functionalism: In sociology, structural functionalism is defined as a theory that attempts to describe various ways in which a society functions or is characterized and the reason behind it and hence focuses on the distinct relationships between several social institutions that form the basis of a particular society such as religion, government, education, and law, etc.

Structural functionalism can also be denoted as functionalism and the perspective was majorly introduced by Robert Merton, and Herbert Spencer.