Examine Functionalists explanations of the family (24 marks) Functionalists believe that society is based on a set of shared values and norms; this is known as a value consensus. These norms and values socialize its members‚ which enables them to cooperate with each other so society’s needs are met‚ this creates social order. It offers a structural and macro view of the family which is top down. Functionalists see society as being similar to a biological organism for example the human body.
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Family is considered to be one of various sociological institutions of society. Amoungst education‚ government‚ and healthcare. Family is seen to be a very important factor in society. According to comtemporary sociologists use the word family to mean a social group whose members are bound by some type of tie legal‚ biologoical emotiional or a combination of all three. In sociology‚ functionalist‚ conflict theorist‚ and symbolic interactionists have different view points on families. Family involves
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In regards‚ to the family strengths framework I chose to evaluate my family of procreation. My family of procreation consist of my daughter‚ my boyfriend‚ and myself. First‚ on the list of Family Strengths Framework is commitment. I believe that my family has a clear understanding of commitment. For instance‚ though my boyfriend and I are not married we have established that we will not have any relations; rather it’s mentally or physically‚ with anyone else. We both have a commitment to our daughter
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V. Family Strengths‚ Resiliency Despite the situation they are currently in‚ the strengths the Deeds’ family have are that they are still a family unit regardless of their brief separation. The children both still love their mom tremendously and communicate with her all of their life events‚ school achievements‚ and in return she gives them praise. Another strength for the family is successfully maintaining unsupervised 2 hour family visits‚ which helps the birth mom have leverage on her side
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Family and Marriage Family and marriage has very different meanings depending on where you live in the world and each group believes that the way that they look at marriage and family is the correct way. Marriage and family is viewed differently from all three sociological perspectives. Even though each group views family and marriage differently they still all agree that they are both needed in society (Henslin‚ 2014). The functionalist perspective look marriage and family as a basic function and
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In the past family violence was considered a taboo‚ the abuse or neglect that was going on in the home was more or less supposed to be a “family secret”. It is important to note that family violence has gone from a level of secrecy to entertainment. Nowadays there are shows like‚ Dr. Phil‚ and Steve Wilkos that show such dysfunction and aim to “help” such violence in the home. Some might argue and say it’s only for entertainment purposes. Is this true? Has family violence become entertainment and
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The sociological perspective is the study of human life and social interactions. From the lecture notes I learned that family isn’t always blood-related or marriage‚ it can also include affection towards other people and adoption. Sociological views on families fall under functional‚ conflict‚ feminist and Symbolic Interactionism. Census is the opposite of sociological perspective. Census are people living together in the same household that are only blood related‚ marriage and adoption. Today I
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Discuss the Marxist Perspective on the Family The Marxist feminists use Marxist concepts to explain their belief that the family is actually leading to the exploitation of women. Women have certain roles in the family which aren’t being paid by the government and the Marxist feminists see this as women are getting abused. Such roles are the caring of their children‚ attending needs of the husband and serve as an emotional safety-valve for the husband from the frustration of work. Friedrich Engels
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Empowerment and a strengths perspective which support the development of innate abilities and recognize differences in a positive manner are also helping social workers increase the individual client’s capacity to learn to use his or her own systems constructively More than a simple linguistic nuance‚ the notion that social workers do not empower others‚ but instead‚ help people empower themselves is an ontological distinction that frames the reality experienced by both social workers and
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My family encompasses such a multitude of strengths‚ that it’s difficult to pinpoint which ones bring about the most positivity. Personally‚ I would argue that loyalty is the quintessential strength within my family. Each of us knows our family members will always look out for us and provide whatever they can to enhance our own sense of happiness. My family also spends gargantuan levels of time together. Without spending this quality time together‚ we’d have no way of furthering‚ strengthening‚ and
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