Parsons Functional Fit Theory

Question 1

Pre industrial society

Answer 1

Consisted of extended family

3 generations living under the same roof

They perform functions like

• educating the family
• caring for the elderly
• providing food from their land/ cattle

Question 2

Industrial society nuclear family

Answer 2

Society changed and industrialised

Question 3

Smaller family’s

Answer 3

Geographically mobile workforce easier for a young nuclear family to move around for a job rather then bringing the whole extended family

Therefore family’s had to functionally fit to the needs of industrialised society