Murdock vs Parsons: lesson 9 Flashcards
1
Q
What family functions does Murdock believe in
A
- economic needs
- education
- reproductive
- sexual
2
Q
What functions does Parsons believe
A
- primary socialisation
- stabilisation of adult personality
3
Q
What does parsons believe about families
A
- family has lost its functions as we’ve moved from agricultural to industrial societies
4
Q
What does Murdock believe about families
A
- nuclear family is universal
5
Q
Similarities between Murdock and Parsons
A
- both functionalists
- nuclear family is positive
- individuals are passive
- structuralists
6
Q
Criticisms of functionalist view
A
- dated
- gender roles are socially constructed
- idealistic view of family
7
Q
Murdock criticisms
A
- nuclear family isn’t universal
- nayar tribe
8
Q
Parsons criticism
A
- Laslett
- nuclear family predates industrial society, only 10% of households contained extended kin
- industrialisation happed so quick because nuclear family already existed
