Outline and evaluate Functionalist views of the role of the family in society. (33 marks) Functionalist macro theory looks at the society as a whole‚ and analyses how it fits together. Functionalist view of the role of the family in society is that it maintains social order‚ and it’s a tool for socialisation and a key social institution in sustaining the value consensus‚ which is harmony in the society as well as social solidarity. Functionalists focus on the positive functions of the family such
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Outline and Evaluate one or more explanations of why people obey It has been found by Milgram that people obey for four main reasons these are; legitimate authority‚ the momentum of compliance‚ the agentic shift and passivity. The first reason that Milgram found that people obey is because people feel like they have to obey someone if they have a high social status or a highly respected job‚ this is called legitimate authority. Bickman (1974) supported this theory by doing an experiment on the
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psychologists who explored this topic‚ their theories and the research that they conducted. 2. Conformity- A huge area within social psychology is conformity‚ which is the study of how people comply to standards or expectations to be considered socially acceptable. The rules that cause people to conform are known as social norms‚ and have a major influence on our behaviour. While some may argue that conformity takes away social freedom from individuals‚
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Contrasting among Obedience‚ Conformity and Compliance Obedience‚ Conformity and Compliance- all are human behaviors. Let’s look at the following incidents- 1. The student followed his teacher’s orders. 2. The parents bought a crib for their new born baby. 3. The factory implemented all the safety measures (for its workers) set by the Government. In the first example above‚ we see the student doing as he was told by his teacher. That means he obeyed the teacher‚ which is obedience
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Abstract: Asch (1951) conformity experiment was conducted to investigate the extent of social pressure from a majority group on an individual. Asch conducted this study because he disagreed with Sherif’s (1935) conformity experiment‚ which had a small light in a dark room that did not move but he wanted to see how social pressure might affect a participant answer. Psychologist had earlier discovered that a small light in a dark room appeared to be moving‚ this was an illusion. Asch disagreed with
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Conformity is all around us in this world. It is not something we are happy with‚ since it gives us the pressure and limits our freedom. Conformity can be sometimes useful and sometimes frustrated. Conformity is related to authority. Authority means legitimate power. There are many legitimate authorities in our daily life from our parents to teachers or politicians‚ who are in a higher position than we are at. We just follow what they tell us to do without questioning why we have to follow.
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The restoration theory of sleep function is carried out by Oswald‚ who argues that the purpose of sleep is to restore depleted energy reserves‚ eliminate waste products from muscles‚ repair cells and recover physical abilities that have been lost during the day. Evidence for this theory is firstly by Shapiro‚ who found that people who ran an ultra marathon slept 1.5 hours longer then they did two nights following the race. In addition‚ stage four occupied a much greater proportion of the total sleep
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Privation is the failure to form attachment. It occurs when a child has no opportunity to form a relationship with a parental figure‚ or when such relationship is distorted‚ due to their treatment. It is different to deprivation‚ which occurs when an established relationship is severed. It is understood that privation can produce social‚ emotional‚ and intellectual problems for children; however‚ how inevitable such problems become as a results of privation and the extent to which can be reserved
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The face recognition model developed by Bruce and Young has eight key parts and it suggests how we process familiar and unfamiliar faces‚ including facial expressions. The diagram below shows how these parts are interconnected. Structural encoding is where facial features and expressions are encoded. This information is translated at the same time‚ down two different pathways‚ to various units. One being expression analysis‚ where the emotional state of the person is shown by facial features. By
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A relationship can be defined as an encounter with another person or with people that endure through time. Two different theories have been proposed; the Reward/Need Satisfaction theory and the Similarity theory. If asked why someone is attracted to their partner‚ they might say because their partner is attentive‚ supportable and caring. This theory proposes we seek positive stimuli and avoid punishing stimuli; this is because positive stimuli produces positive feelings. Support for this theory
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