Functionalist perspective on the family
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- Functionalist perspective on the family
- outlook
- family is functional
- body analogy
- positive view of the family (nuclear especially)
- family is necessary for the working of society - is universal
- family is functional
- Murdock
- 4 main functions
- (1) sexual
- (2) economic
- (3) socialisation of young
- (4) reproduction of the next generation
- empirical evidence from 250 societies
- Criticisms
- view the family as overly positive
- nuclear family isn't universal
- Strengths
- gives a positive outlook on the family
- his research used empirical evidence from a wide farage of societies
- 4 main functions
- Parsons
- 2 main functions
- (2) primary socialisation
- (1) stabilisation on adult personality
- 'water bath' theory
- Strengths
- family does surely provide some support sometimes
- primary socialisation seems to make sense as a role of the family
- Criticisms
- others (especially Marxists and feminists) criticised Parsons for suggesting family destresses and is positive
- nuclear family declining
- family may affect its members differently
- 2 main functions
- outlook
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