Social problem is one whose causes and solutions pass over the individual and the immediate environment. Social problem is a human behavior that contradicts the human behavior; is defined as the standard human behavior. The social problems make society become worse. With the social problem, the quality of life goes down. The personal problem is one who causes and solutions don't pass over the individual and the immediate environment. The personal problem is related to an individual or his/her immediate environment only. According to Wright Mills, the personal problems are the personal troubles of milieu and the social problems are the public issues of social structure. Here is an example. We have two jobs and two candidates. If one individual is unemployed, it means that individual has a personal problem. But if there are two jobs and four candidates, this is a social problem. Even without personal problems, there are two individuals who are unemployed. In the other sides, a man and a woman have personal troubles in their marriage. They will make an ultimate separate or divorce. If there is a few couples like them, you can conclude that they have the personalities or in their relationship. But if there are a millions of couples are divorced, it must be wrong with the institution of marriage. Therefore the institution is an important reason that decides whether a problem is personal problem or a social problem. The distinction between social problem and personal problem determines how you perceive the causes of the problem, the consequences of the problem, and appropriate ways to cope with the problem. We have to think carefully about the causes of problem and the consequences of the problem before deciding whether it is a social problem or a personal problem. .
There are three sociological approaches. These are structural functionalism, conflict theory, and symbolic interactionism.
