The nature and role of the family

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Created on: 04-03-13 15:14

Nuclear family

two generations living together (Mother and father and dependent children)

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Extended Family

Three or more generations of the same family living together

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Single parent family

A single parent and dependent children

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Reconstituted family

New step families created when two previous families are brought together

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Functionlist approach to the family

Murdock argued that thier was nuclear family existed in all the 250 cultures he looked at. Also he argued that family provided four basic functoins Sexual Educational Economic and Reproductive.

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What do the four function provide (murdock continue)

Sexual-provides a stable sexual relationship for adults, Educational-teaches children vaules and norms in society, Economic- Pools resources and provides for family members and Reproductive- Creates new members of society

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Functionalist ignor the negitive of family Life

Morgan points out that murdock makes no refrence to alternative households to the family or to disharmony and problems in family relationships

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Marxist see the family as meeting the needs of the capitalist society

the family keeps the rich, rich by passing down the money to the next generation.the family household is a unit with the desire to buy goods produce by capitalist industry. The family buys good which cost to much which means bourgeosise gets profit

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Marxist view is too negitive

Marxist only focus on benfits to the economy, assumes the worker is male and housewife is female It ignores other benefits to induviduals and scoiety

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Card 2

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Extended Family

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Three or more generations of the same family living together

Card 3

Front

Single parent family

Back

Card 4

Front

Reconstituted family

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Card 5

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Functionlist approach to the family

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The nature and role of the family