Family - sociologists Flashcards
(16 cards)
What is Parsons known for?
Functionalist thinker
Warm Bath theory
Functional fit
Structural Differentiation
Instrumental Role
What is Postman known for?
Childhood is disappearing
Information Hierarchy, crime, sexualisation, blurring of responsibilities.
Criticised by: Opie
What is Anne Oakley known for?
A study looking at housewives and housework
Believed that the march of progress view is an over exaggeration as women still do a majority of domestic labour
What is Carol Smart known for?
Associated with sociology of personal life
Personal life suggests choices are based on experiences.
What is Sue Palmer known for?
Associated with toxic childhood
Junk Food, Technology and Video Games, Lack of parental engagement.
What is Zaretsky known for?
Cushioning effect
the family acts as a comfort from the stresses and strains of society
What is Murdock known for?
Functionalist thinker
4 functions of the family - Economic, Reproduction, Socialisation, Stabilisation of Sex Drive.
Nuclear family is a universal institution
What is Beck known for?
Associated with the negotiated family and individualisation theory
What is Opie known for?
Believes that childhood is not disappearing, but changing
Criticised Postman
What is Aries known for?
Looked into the historical differences in childhood
Investigated through Paintings and Photographs
What is Pahl and Volger known for?
Money is controlled in the family via pooling and allowance.
What is Dobash and Dobash known for?
Suggested that domestic violence is caused by patriarchy and the need for men to assert their power over women
What is Firth known for?
investigated the Tikopia tribe in relation to Children
What is Charles Murray known for?
Main thinker in the New Right
What is Chester known for?
Associated with the neo conventional family
That is, a dual-earner family in which both parents go out to work not just the father
What is Engles known for?
Marxist thinker
believed that the nuclear family is a tool of capitalism by enabling the inheritance of wealth
