Perspectives

Question 1

Functionalism

Answer 1

Functionalism is based on the view that society is a system of interdependent parts held together by a shared culture

Question 2

The new right

Answer 2

The state can’t meet people’s needs and that people are best left to meet their own needs through the free market

Question 3

Marxism

Answer 3

See education primarily as a means of social control, encouraging young people to be conformists, to accept their social position and not do anything to upset the current patterns of inequality

Question 4

Which functionalist came up with creating social solidarity and teaching specialist skills?

Answer 4

Emile Durkheim (1903)

Question 5

Which functionalist came up with human capital?

Answer 5

Schultz (1971)

Question 6

Which functionalist came up with bridging the gap/meritocracy?

Answer 6

Talcott Parsons (1961)

Question 7

Which functionalist came up with role allocation?

Answer 7

Kingsley Davis and Wilbert Moore (1945)