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    Education is the process for learning basic life skills‚ to get children to socially interact with others and to enable people to get good qualifications so they can gain better careers. Functionalists offer an optimistic analysis of the role of education and they maintain that education and training performs a positive function. However Marxist theorists offer a pessimistic analysis of the role of education. They argue that schools do not serve the interests of everyone in society‚ but a ruling

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    that in turn becomes a theory. Structuralism and Functionalism are the theories of many opinions and methods that came to form schools of thought. Structuralist’s believed psychology was the science of conscious experience and immediate thought and in contrast Functionalists believed in practical results of the mental processes. Structuralism and Functionalism served their unique purpose in the world of psychology. Both Structuralism and Functionalism used each other to gain legitimacy to the science

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    PAPER 6 (DESCRIPTIVE LINGUISTICS) STRUCTURAL GRAMMAR Broadly speaking any grammar in which there is an attempt to describe the structure of grammatical sentences is structural grammar. But the term has come to refer more narrowly to the type of grammar brought to its maximum development in the early 1950’s by such men like C. C. Fries and Zelling Harris. Structural grammar in this sense is characterized by the procedure known as substitution‚ by which word class membership is established and by which

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    Functionalism Inequality

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    The main difference between both theories is that one argues the need for inequality in order to maintain a balance in society‚ while the other sees it as only a benefit to the select few. For instance‚ functionalist theorists believe that inequality is needed in order to place people according to their intellectual ability. It seeks to place individuals that stand out‚ in the best qualified positions; positions that not everyone can do due to the lack of education and/or skill. The rest of society

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    sense to me: functionalism and behaviorism. I believe that both psychologist perspectives make the most sense to me because I’ve experienced them in my life. In the 1800’s‚ functionalism was developed by William James. By studying human behaviors‚ thoughts‚ and feelings‚ William James created a new perspective in psychology. In other words‚ he focused on both the function of consciousness and how consciousness influences behavior. Being in pain is great example to demonstrate functionalism. When my brother

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    3) According to Nagel‚ Functionalism is the view that the brain is a physical substance but all its conscious states are not just physical states. It consists of mental processes as well. On the other hand‚ Dualism states that we consist of a body and a soul and the mental life takes place in our soul. Functionalism is a form of dualism because the core idea behind functionalism is that there are dual aspects of the brain as it is concerned with only the functional states of the brain. It solves

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    Even in 2016‚ structural racism still occurs in the United States. One of the most pertinent areas with structural racism is in the reproductive health of African American communities. There are many disadvantages that affect black women’s access to health care and education about reproductive health. One of the biggest questions stems from how we as a society let this continue due to public policy‚ cultural representations‚ and norms that we have accepted. The main reason for this difference in

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    core questions? Which one do you relate to best? How can you use this particular paradigm to explain your decision to attend college? What research method would you use‚ and how‚ to explore why adult students choose to return to college? Structural functionalism‚ is particularly useful for analyzing the components of society that are supposed to work harmoniously to benefit the whole. It is often used to examine the major social institutions: family‚ economy‚ ideology‚ polity‚ and education.

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    Structural Model

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    Salvador Minuchin’s Structural Model focuses on the family’s underlying organizational framework and its adaptability towards changing conditions throughout the family cycle that help regulate functional or dysfunctional patterns. His belief was that families experience life cycles searching for a balance between stability and change. Minuchin felt that there must be change within the family structure before any symptoms could be alleviated within the individual. By attempting to do so‚ the therapist

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    James/Functionalism: James’ theory of functionalism relates behavioral habits of organisms as a survival technique or adaptation that would allow them to live long enough to reproduce and pass down their genes and habits to offspring. This theory was strongly influenced by the work of Charles Darwin and his theory on evolution and heredity. In terms of the chicken crossing the road and functionalism‚ the motivation would survival. It could be motivated by being chased by a predator‚ the presence

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