Functionalists

Question 1

Parsons - class

Answer 1

stratification is based on value consensus, and social mobility is achievable based on personal merit.

Question 2

Davis and Moore - class

Answer 2

stratification is universal and necessary for the function of society.

Question 3

Parsons - age

Answer 3

youth will learn their roles and positions in life and their adult roles.

The elderly become less physically able and can no longer for fifil their roles especially in the world of work.

Question 4

Cummings and Henry - age

Answer 4

believe in the managed disengagement of elderly people into different roles like childcare in later life.

Question 5

Parsons - work life

Answer 5

women are more likely to abandon or interrupt their careers ( having children ) and are thuss less attractive to employers.

Women value their husbands career over there own.

Question 6

Parsons - ethnicity

Answer 6

Through assimilation a shared value system will emerge.
assimilation is key to prevent Anomie.

Question 7

Patterson - ethnicity

Answer 7

Presented Britian as an orderly society and consensus.

Blames immigration for the disruption of normal society, brining different norms and values.

Question 8

Tumin - A03 Criticsms of parsons and class

Answer 8

claims that the most highly rewarded positions are not the most important.

social stratification can act as an obsticle.

Question 9

A03 criticisms of disengagement theory and age.

Answer 9

Some elderly people do not wish to disengage from society.

Hockey and James argue that the role of the elderly is constructed from society rather than disengagement.

Question 10

Oakley - A03 of gender

Answer 10

gender roles are constructed and not down to biological abilities.

Question 11

A03 of ethnicity

Answer 11

Assimilation is impossible under capitalism.

it is naieve to assume that all ethnic minority groups assimilate to British culture.

Postmodernisits argue that Britan is multi cultural and diversity should be celebrated.