STUDIES

Question 1

Parsons (functionalist)

Answer 1

there are 3 stages to socialisation —> primary, secondary, tertiary

the most important aspect of primary socialisation is value consensus as it helps keep a stabilised society

family helps socialise people into expected roles —> expressive and instrumental role and plays big part in transmitting particularistic norms & values

schooling is like a bridge between particularistic + ascribe status of the family & universal + achieved of education

Question 2

Durkheim (functionalist)

Answer 2

agents of secondary socialisation such as education are microcosms of society—> society in miniature—> which prepare people into adult roles

Question 3

Cooper (marxist)

Answer 3

learning roles = social structure of control playing part in brainwashing a child —> as behaviour is limited

Question 4

Bourdieu