Parsons 🛁 Flashcards
what research methods did parsons use?
secondary sources
what are secondary sources?
information that already exists and has previously been generated by or collected by other people
what are examples of secondary sources?
official statistics,mass media,autobiographies
what are the advantages of secondary sources?
broadening your understanding and comparing other perspectives
what are the disadvantages of secondary sources?
Lack of validity,lack of reliability
what are key finding of parsons?
the two key functions of the family:primary socialisation ,stabilisation of adult personality
what is primary socialisation?
how children have been brought up,taught the shred norms and values of society
what is stabilisation of adult personality?
the idea that family relives stress of like following with parsons ‘warm bath’ theory
