constructed through the process of gender role socialisation rather than being biologically inherited. In Parson’s functionalist model of the family‚ he states there is a clear division of labour between spouses‚ the husband has an instrumental role aimed towards providing for his family financially‚ usually known as the breadwinner whereas the wife‚ has an expressive role which is focused more on meeting the families needs emotionally and primary socialisation of the children this is known as the home
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history‚ there’s been many different views on the education system‚ the Consensus Theory being in the form of Functionalism takes on Durkheim’s notion of school being the key agent of secondary socialisation‚ where he sees school as pupils learning to live in a community and being taught the basics of socialisation‚ he seen this as being the foundations of the value consensus which holds society together‚ Durkheim also stated that school helped pupils see themselves as part of a nation‚ moreover‚ Parson’s
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performing a beneficial role for both society and individuals. Marxism is a class conflict perspective based on class division and capitalist exploitation. Marxists argue that education functions to reproduce a labour force for the capitalist. The bourgeoisie minority class exploit the proletariat- majority class to make profit. Marxists argues that education prevents the working class from succeeding and therefore the role of education is to transmit the ruling class ideology. Sociologists
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interpret identical things in different ways more than one perspective could be used at any time. These perspectives include: Functionalism‚ Marxism‚ Feminism‚ Interactionism and Postmodernism. In this paper I will be comparing and contrasting the Marxist‚ Functionalist and Postmodernist perspectives and applying them to analysing the effect of the mass media upon society. Is the mass media used as a way of controlling society? To begin with I will discuss what is meant by the term mass media‚ I
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hour 30 minutes MAXIMUM MARK: 50 This document consists of 4 printed pages. © UCLES 2012 [Turn over 2 Section A 1 (a) What is meant by the term feral children? [2] Feral children have been denied human contact in the period of primary socialisation‚ having been confined and isolated and in some cases possibly ‘raised’ by animals. An accurate definition along these lines would achieve full marks. A simple‚ partial definition – such as ‘children brought up by animals’ – may be awarded one mark
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Post modernists acknowledge increased family diversity in society and view it as a positive development. They would argue that other family structures could perform the four functions listed by Murdock equally well. The item informs us that Marxists (“Marxists snd feminists reject its consensus assumptions about who benefits from the family”) reject the functionalist theory of the family. They do not accept that the family performs the functions‚ which functionalist theorists such as Murdock and parsons
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consensus in society’. The term ‘value consensus’ refers to an agreed set of norms and values amongst society. Different theorists have different views depending on their sociological field; Marxists and Functionalists tend to have opposing views. Functionalists view education as a form of secondary socialisation in which individuals form a common set of norms and values. Durkheim believes‚ that for this to take place‚ individuals must become ‘social beings’ that commit to society. Education plays
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1) Physiological theories In his book L’Uomo Delinquente Cesare Lombroso argued that criminals were throwbacks to an earlier and more primitive form of human being. He said there were several characteristics‚ such as large jaws‚ extra fingers and monobrows which were clear signs that someone was a criminal. Lombroso said that we can easily identify who the criminals‚ so we should remove them from normal society and we can therefore remove any criminals. Evaluation Research has found that
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marriage or by blood People that care for you Relationships People you’re close to- refer friends as family Gangs/groups Made up of love‚ care and affection Emotionally support one another Parent figures/role models Romantic love Primary socialisation Learning to become human Norms and values are taught- socially acceptable behaviours- important/political Cornerstone of society- most important institution Family( families- varied types |Families
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society. The ‘reproductive’ function relates to bearing and raising children. The family provides the society with new members and assume responsibility for raising them. The ‘educational’ function that Murdock refers to‚ can also be termed ‘socialisation’. The family has the responsibility of teaching their children a positive way of life‚ norms and values. This function is an important one as‚ without culture‚ the society could not survive‚ and too
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