Functionalists On Socialisation Flashcards
1
Q
Parsons
A
Family as a personality factory - child is blank slate at birth and function of parents is to train and mould the passive child
2
Q
Education
A
Essential - transmits shared cultural values and thus producing conformity and consensus
3
Q
Parsons on education
A
Main function of education was to act as a social bridge between family unit and wider society
4
Q
Durkheim - religion
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Socialise members into value consensus by investing certain values with a sacred quality
- values become ‘moral codes’
5
Q
Moral codes
A
Reflate our social behaviour
6
Q
Example of moral codes
A
Ten Commandments
- ‘thou shalt not kill’
- ‘thou shalt not commit adultery
7
Q
Particularity values
A
What the individual has done
8
Q
Universalistic values
A
Everyone - education etc
