Functionalist view of YOUTH - Sociologists

Question 1

according to Parsons, why did youth emerge as a social category?

Answer 1

due to changes in the family associated with the development of capitalism.

Question 2

what did Parsons believe the importance of youth was?

‘rite of passage’

Answer 2

an important transitional stage where an individual must leave the family to become independent and begin adulthood

independent in terms of occupational status and marriage

Question 3

who saw youth culture as a way of bringing young people into society?

Answer 3

Eisenstadt

Question 4

money

What did Abrams (1959) say about the creation of youth cultures?

Answer 4

the emergence of youth culture was linked to their emergence as a group with spending power, who were targeted by businesses and media

he thinks the media created youth cultures

Question 5

who said that age became more of a factor than class, ethnicity and gender, within the formation of youth groups?

Answer 5

Theodor Rosak (1969)

Question 6

what did Berger say about the majority of young people?

Answer 6

most young people go through life without being involved in particular youth groups and being particularly deviant