Functionalism Flashcards
Functionalism see society built up and working like a human body..made up of …
Interrelated parts which function for or contribute to the maintenance of society as a whole
An example of of seeing society as a human body
In order to understand the importance of the heart lungs and brain in the human body we need the understand what functions or purpose each carries out and how they work together in providing and maintaining the basic needs of human life
Functionalists argue that any society has what?
Certain functional prerequisite( basic needs or requirements) that must be met if society is to survive
An aexample of functional prerequisite ?
The production of food, the care of the you fans the socialisation of new generations into the culture of society
Social institutions like the family or education exist to meet there basic needs like what?
The same reason we have a heart and lungs to refresh our blood and pump it around our bodies
Just like our body forming functions to make the whole body work, so according to functionalist sociology…
Social institutions meet functional prerequisite (basic needs) maintaining the social system and order and stability in society
In this view, educAtion, family and work are connected and function in relation to one another to benefit what?
Society as a whole
What is stability in society based on?
Socialisation into norms and values on which most people agree
What are shared norms and values know as?
A value consensus
What is functionalism most closely associated with?
The work of the French sociologistsEmile Durkheim and the America talcott parsons
