Functionalist idea of comparing the workings of society and its institutions to the way the organs in the human body work together to keep the body maintained.
organic analogy
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Teaching children norms and values
primary socialisation
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A key function of the Nuclear Family, argued by Murdoch (1949) which sees the family as a unit if consumption
economic
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The main structure of the family before industrialisation, when the family was a unit of production. Parsons argues that this was the best 'fit' for pre-industruialised societies.
extended
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The practical, non emotional needs of society
instrumental
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Parsons (1959) - A basic need, usually fulfilled by women, where people need to feel emotionally secure.
expressive
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Maxist sociologist who believed a key concern of the capitalist was to ensure that his property passed directly to his legitimate heirs.
Engels
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Zaretsky (1976) - The Family is a _________ __ ____________ - families buy consumer goods that need to be purchased for capitalism to survive and for the profits gained by the capitalists to be maintained.
Unit of Consumption
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Marxist Feminists focus on this and the contributuion it makes to capitalism.
Domestic Labour
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The ______________Identified 5 elements of family diversity
Rapoports
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A family structure which is extended but in one particular direction
Beanpole
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Contact between generations (between grandparents and grandchildren)
intergenerational
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when families merge together to form a new family
reconstituted
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situations where children are cared for seperately by each of their birth parents for approximately half of the time.
Coparenting
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The variance of families in the contemporary society is known as Family _____________
diversity
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women are part of a ____________ providing support for grown up children and their elderly parents
sandwich generation
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
Teaching children norms and values
Back
primary socialisation
Card 3
Front
A key function of the Nuclear Family, argued by Murdoch (1949) which sees the family as a unit if consumption
Back
Card 4
Front
The main structure of the family before industrialisation, when the family was a unit of production. Parsons argues that this was the best 'fit' for pre-industruialised societies.
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