Family Functions Sociologists

Question 1

Murdock RSEE

Answer 1

Reproductive – new members ensure survival procreation occurs in a marital situation
Sexual – society and individual unregulated behavior = socially disruptive Marital sex= powerful and emotional bond encourages fidelity and contributes to social order as it sets morals for general sexual behavior
Educational – culture needs to be told and followed by next generation
Economic – adults commitment to care, protection and maintaining of children- Underpins family standard of society

Question 2

Cheal

Answer 2

‘parents today are encourages to believe they have a special responsibility to ensure every child grows up happy, strong, confident, articulate, literate and skilled in every aspect’

functional relationships can easily slip into dysfunctional relationships and love turns into hate in moments of intense emotion

Question 3

Fletcher

Answer 3

argued that childrearing in families is more effective by the support offered by the state institutions in the form of antenatal and postnatal care, health clinics, doctors health visitors and teachers

Question 4

Steel and Kidd

Answer 4

providing ‘in the home a warm, loving, stable environment where the individual can be themselves and ‘let themselves go’ in a childish and undignified way

Question 5

Chapman

Answer 5

Girls learn through chores, schooling to perform role of homemaker and mother and boys taught right skills and behaviors for work to become breadwinners

Question 6

Bernades

Answer 6

argues that social statues results in helpless newborn infants being channeled into becoming a wide range of very unequal mature adults

Question 7

Sclater

Answer 7

family income is largely expended on things for the family for example cars, readymade meals as the family is targeted as being the main market for goods

Question 8

Evans and Chandler

Answer 8

homes and children’s bedrooms are furnished with media and technological entertainment such as TV, DVD players and computer games