Sociology Paper 1 Flashcards
What did Zaretsky argue?
That the family exists to serve capitalism, it acts as a unit of consumption
Examples Zaretsky used
- Women unpaid labour saves bourgeoisie wages
- Warm bath comforts/softens blow of capitalism
What did Parsons argue?
That the family provides primary socialisation to children and SOAP to adults. This helps create a new generation of people that accept norms of society and comforts men after difficult work
What did Delphy and Leonard argue?
They were radical feminists who argued that the family helped reinforce patriarchy, as men take the positions of power over women
What did Oakley argue?
She was a liberal feminist. Accepted that families were becoming more and more symmetrical but still argued that traditional ‘nuclear family’ had it’s flaws, as it exploited women
What did Wilmott and Young argue?
They argued that families were becoming more and more symmetrical due to stratified diffusion where norms and values of symmetry in the M/C family were ‘diffusing’ into the W/C
What was W+Y’s research method
Surveys and face to face structured interviews.
What did the rappoports argue?
They argued that there is increasing family diversity in society. These differences are sorted in 5 categories:
1. Class
2.Culture
3. Organisational
4. Cohort
5. Life course
What did parsons argue about education?
That it teaches children the universalistic norms and values of society, and acts as a bridge from the family to the workplace. Education is meritocratic, hard work=achievement
What did Durkheim argue about education?
It teaches children vital skills for working life
What did Bowles and gintis argue about education?
They believed in correspondence principle, schools teach values of good behaviour and obedience through hidden curriculum to create good capitalist workers from W/C students
Which research methods did B+G use?
Interviews and secondary sources
What did Wills find during his case study?
Studied the ‘lads’ who were a group of W/C boys who were in a CSS which opposed the norms of school, because they had been promised jobs from their parents. Wills argued that this helped maintain the bourgeoisie’s power, as these W/C jobs were being preserved for future generations
Wills research method
Case study, participant observation
Ball research method
Case study, participant observation, interviews
Ball findings
Found that banding in the schools he observed had severe effects on pupils achievements due to labelling theory. The students in higher bands were labelled as ‘bright’ and the teachers did as much as possible to help them achieve whereas the bottom band students were treated as a ‘waste of time’ and were neglected and left to fail
Ball bowl and gerwirtz research methods
Interviews and secondary research
BB+G arguments
Studied how marketisation and competition between schools was unfair for W/C families as M/C students were had huge advantages when finding a good school, due to their cultural capital and materials. This meant that M/C students were able to find the best schools whereas W/C students have to settle for their local one.
Heath Halsey and ridge research method
Face to face survey
HH+R findings
M/C boy 11 times more likely to attend university than a W/C boy.
