Outline and evaluate Functionalist views of the role of the family in society. [33 marks] Functionalism is a structuralist theory; this meaning that it sees social structure (the social organisation of society) as more important than individuals. Functionalist sociologists believe that people have a range of basic needs that must be met if society is to run smoothly. Different groups and individuals in society are important because they perform certain functions which meet society’s needs. Functionalism
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(Leonard 1973: 21) Advantages of Food Production An Efficent Way of Life Food raising was a more efficient way of life than food collecting. Approximately 250 square miles of land in the near East were needed to feed a band of 25 foragers‚ six square miles could supply 150 inhabitants of an early village with adequate food supplies. (Leonard 1973: 7) People could choose the most valuable vegetable foods available togrow near their villages‚ and certain animals were domesticated and
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Honeybees are vital to the argricultural security of the United States as well as the entire world. Without their pollination process‚ many crops around the world would fail. “Of the 100 crops that provide 90% of the world’s food‚ 71 are bee pollinated‚ and honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) are the managed pollinator conscripted to provide the necessary pollination services for most of these crops” (Frazier et al 2015). It is important for the Honeybee population to remain stable‚ but pesticides used
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of seven brothers born on an island on an island inside a lake or in a mountain cave 150 leagues northwest of the Mexican basin‚ where Mexico City is located (von Sivers‚ Desnoyers‚ and Stow 442). This Aztec and his descendants migrated south as foragers lacking agriculture and urban civilization‚ where their hunter warrior patron god Huitzilopochtli guided led them to a promised land of plenty (von Sivers‚ Desnoyers‚ and Stow 442-443). Once they settled in Tula their god urged them to migrate to
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Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (GSF1049E) January 17‚ 2011 The Batek of Malaysia The Batek of Malaysia is a hunter-gatherer tribe‚ they are located in the Malaysian rainforest in groups of families. They would be considered Foragers‚ They live in camps of five or six nuclear families. Nuclear families consist of a Mother‚ Father‚ and their children. “The nuclear family is most common because‚ in a foraging setting‚ it is adaptive to various situations.” (Cultural Anthropology Chapter
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(with brothers and sisters of those with offspring). A criticism of Murdock was that to claim something is universal‚ it only needs one exception to falsify it. Kathleen Gough falsified Murdock’s theory with her study of the Nayar Women of India. Before reaching puberty‚ Nayar women in India were married to a man according to the Talikettukalydnam rite. This three days of actual or mock defloration might be their last living contact. From then on‚ as “mother”‚ each woman would take up to 12 sandbanham
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Agriculture The beginning of Agriculture was found years ago. It involves plants and animals. It was developed 10‚000 years ago. At that time‚ people began altering plant and animal communities for benefit through fire stick farming. Humans survived as foragers or hunter gatherers‚ gathering wild plants and hunting animals in their environment. Agriculture has significant developments since the time of the earliest cultivation. The Fertile Crescent of Western Asia‚ Egypt‚ and India were the earliest sowing
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Unlike the other Orang Asli of Malaysia whom have left their cultures behind to work and live like modern day society‚ the Batek are still live their traditional lives (J. Beswick‚ 2010). The Batek live in camps of five or six nuclear families. These foragers have a split gathering system. While women can hunt they are mostly known for their gathering skills (Lampell‚ K. 1984). In this paper I will be covering the following: 1) Kinship A) Family life B) Marriages 2) Economic Organizations’
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gathering and stone tools i) Cooking‚ traveling and shelter (1) First evidence of cooking food was 25‚000 years ago in eastern Asia‚ but there might have been cooking before that (2) Women would do most of the cooking‚ men did the hunting (3) All foragers would live in small bands‚ large enough to defend themselves‚ but not so large that they had a food shortage (4) Used any natural shelter (such as caves or overhanging rocks were preferred‚ when natural shelters couldn’t be used‚ they would construct
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and purchase task • Collectors/Gatherers · Propensity to stockpile items and to purchase large quantities to either save money or alleviate the need for shopping · Attempt to get the best price and take advantage of retailer guarantees • Foragers · Particular and motivated to purchase only the desired items · Willing to search extensively and have little store loyalty;
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