The most elementary act is the act of production. Materialism contains elements of structural-functionalism and conflict. Maring Warfare 3. Symbolic Interactionist a. The social world is one of symbols - information conveyors with meanings that must be interpreted.
Human behavior is shaped by the shared understanding that people have of the symbols in their world.
To understand human behavior is to understand how people make sense of their world, share that understanding with others, and then act according to that understanding.