Functionalists - Parsons Flashcards
(15 cards)
What is Primary Socialisation?
To equip child with basic skills and society’s values
= to integrate into society
What is Stabilisation of Adult personalities?
Family is a place of relaxation to release tensions
= Refreshed at work
What is a critique of Primary Socialisation?
Marxist - Norms + values influenced by class within family
= Social differences
What is a critique of Stabilisation of adult personalities?
Fem - Family abuse is overlooked (domestic)
= Cycle relapses
What is A geographically mobile workforce?
Easier for N family to move where jobs are
What is happening to industries?
Constantly springing up
What is A socially mobile workforce?
Mobile nuclear family is ‘structurally isolated’
What is ‘structurally isolated’
- Individuals move up hierarchy in skill, ability
Work more harder, skilled
What is a critique of A geographically mobile workforce?
Anderson - study of w/c extended family
More benefits with extended than nuclear
What is a critique of A socially mobile workforce?
Inequality - Class, ethnicity, gender limit opps for those from disadv. backgrounds
What is the Functional Fit theory?
The family structures change to meet the needs of society.
What does Parsons suggest?
Nuclear family may be most effective in modern industry,
but extended family were more common and functional in pre-industrial societies
What happened before industrialisation?
Extended families provided economic and physical support as generations worked and lived together
What happened as industrialisation progressed?
Geographic mobility and the demands of a specialised workforce led to the emergence of nuclear families
What does it show of Murdock’s claim?
His claim of universality may oversimplify how family structures adapt to societal changes
