Unit 1 SCLY1 - Culture and Identity; Families and Households; Wealth, Poverty and Welfare
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Summary AQA AS/A2 Sociology Theories of the Family
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Unit 1 SCLY1 - Culture and Identity; Families and Households; Wealth, Poverty and Welfare
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Notes on the “Theories of the Family” topic for AQA Sociology. Comprehensive but concise summary of the topic includint theories, key terms and theorists, as well as contemporary examples for your exams!
Unit 1 SCLY1 - Culture and Identity; Families and Households; Wealth, Poverty and Welfare
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Key terms Functionalist perspectives
Quotes functionalism = society is based on value consensus
Definitions set of shared norms/values which we socialise members
Sociologists into — enables us to cooperate/meet needs of society
Important organ analogy — different parts of society perform functions
that are vital to society’s wellbeing
B/I/H: subheading
Bold: important
point in description 💡 Murdock (1949) : Family performs 4 essential
functions to meet needs of society and its members
Underline: don’t
forget this!
EVAL: This is a ‘rose-tinted’ — functionalism neglects
conflict/exploitation
parsons’ “functional fit” theory (1955)
💡 Parsons : Family adapts to the functions it needs to
perform in society
modern industrial — nuclear family fits needs, so is
dominant
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, traditional pre-industrial — extended family fits needs, so
is dominant
industrial society requires a geographically and socially
mobile workforce
geographic mobility
industries rise/decline in different areas of the country, so
people move to where the jobs are
easier for the nuclear family to move than ext. family
social mobility
evolving science/tech requires a skilled/competent
workforce
status is now achieved by effort/ability rather than ascribed
at birth
talented people win promotions/take on important jobs,
even if they come from humble backgrounds
nuclear family avoids conflict in the fam — in the ext. fam,
adult sons live in fathers house, but could have higher status
than dad at work; causes conflict
result is the mobile nuclear family which is structurally
isolated from extended kin
may keep in touch, but no obligation
loss of functions
pre-industrial family was a unit of production and
consumption
more self-sufficient — provided for members’
health/welfare and met most needs
industrialisation = loss of functions, ceases to be a unit of
production as work moves into factories
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