sociology functionalism

?
  • Created by: 1ysh
  • Created on: 29-09-21 15:19
View mindmap
  • structural theory, consensus theory, macro focus
    • FUNCTIONALISM
      • organic analogy
        • useful to draw similarities between society and the human body, argues that the organs within the body are like insituitons in society
          • brain- government, effects our life choices
          • heart- family, effects education
          • lungs- education, gives you knowledge to survive
        • talcott parsons (1902- 1979)
  • durkheim, the functionalist sociologist believed that we all share a set of key norms and values that we pass through generations known as socialization
    • social disorder, worrying about embarrassing or humiliating yourself, intense fear of interacting with strangers
    • collective conscience, the totality of beliefs and sentiments common to average citizens of the same society
    • FUNCTIONALISM
      • organic analogy
        • useful to draw similarities between society and the human body, argues that the organs within the body are like insituitons in society
          • brain- government, effects our life choices
          • heart- family, effects education
          • lungs- education, gives you knowledge to survive
        • talcott parsons (1902- 1979)
  • similarities between society & biological organsims
    • both are self regulating, both have sub- systems which perform specific functions, both have needs
  • four basic needs of society
    • goal: set goals and allocate resources to achieve
      • adaption: material/ economic needs
        • integration: work together to pursue goals
          • latency: processes that maintain society over time

Comments

No comments have yet been made

Similar Sociology resources:

See all Sociology resources »See all sociology perspectives resources »