The Functionalist View of the Family
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- The Functionalist View on the Functions of the Family
- Murdock
- 4 essential functions
- Stable satisfaction of the sex drive
- Sex fulfils parents individual sexual and emotional needs
- Bonds adults together
- Sex fulfils parents individual sexual and emotional needs
- Reproduction of the next generation
- Essential for society to survive
- Man and woman
- Children will be properly socialised and economically supported
- Socialisation of the young
- Murdock refers to as education
- Teaching of society's shared norms and values
- Male and female input
- Meeting its members economic needs
- Food and shelter
- Economic co-operation
- All members will be economically supported
- No-one will have to rely on the state or handouts
- All members will be economically supported
- Stable satisfaction of the sex drive
- 4 essential functions
- Parsons
- 'Functional Fit' Theory
- Functions of family depends upon the society in which it is found
- Pre-industrial society
- Extended family best met the needs
- Agricultural
- Ascribed status
- People lived and worked together
- 'Loss of Functions' Argument
- The pre-industrial family (extended family) was a multi-functional unit
- It was more self sufficient than the modern nuclear family
- Provides the needs of individuals and society
- Family educated each other
- Family looked after each other
- Industrialisation changed the family structure from extended to nuclear
- Loss many of its functions
- Modern nuclear family specialises in performing just two essential functions
- The primary socialisation of children
- Teaching the norms and values of society
- The stabilisation of adult perosnalities
- Also known as Warm Bath Theory
- Adults can relax and release tensions
- Allow them to return to workplace refreshed
- Helps adult personalities stabilise
- Makes family members content
- Adults can relax and release tensions
- Functional for the efficiency of the economy
- Also known as Warm Bath Theory
- The primary socialisation of children
- Unit of production to unit of consumption
- The pre-industrial family (extended family) was a multi-functional unit
- View on the Domestic Division of Labour
- Expressive role relieves tension of Instrumental role
- Expressive role
- Women
- Nurturing, caring and emotional role
- Provides security to children and male partner
- Women
- Instrumental role
- Men
- Family breadwinner/provider
- Men
- Expressive role
- Sexual division of labour
- Jobs divided into men's jobs and women's jobs
- Stabilises personality
- Jobs divided into men's jobs and women's jobs
- Expressive role relieves tension of Instrumental role
- 'Functional Fit' Theory
- Murdock
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