Theories of Families Flashcards

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what was George Murdock’s definition of family?

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“the family is a social group which is characterised by common residence, economic co- operation and reproductive” it includes a nuclear family

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what is a nuclear family?

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both sexes in which they are socially approved, reproduce to have children and who all live together within the home.

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functions of family:

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emotional support, educational, guidance, security, economic, nurture

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Talcott Parsons (1955) view:

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a functionalist who argues that there is a clear division of labour in the family

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what are the two roles?

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instrumental and expressive roles

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what is an instrumental role?

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it’s a role taken up by men to achieve the success and financial aspect for the family - the breadwinner

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what is an expressive role?

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it is taken up by the women who provide family socialisation and meets the family’s emotional needs - home maker/ full time housewife

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functional fit: Parson (1959)

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believes the family has a function for the individual and the society

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two basic functions:

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  1. primary socialisation of children
  2. stabilisation of adult personality
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Young and Wilmcott:

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argue that the family has become more symmetrical

men and women have more equal share of:
- domestic work
- financial decisions
- affection

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Young and Wilmcott (1973): p2.

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family relationships today:
suggests that gender inequality in the family still exists today.

that there was more equality in the past.

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Family relationships today:

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  • families were developing joint conjugal roles
  • the typical family was now symmetrical between the husband and the wife
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PLP: beyond ties of blood and marraige:

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  1. relationship with friends
  2. fictive kin
  3. gay and lesbian ‘chosen families’
  4. relationships with dead relatives
  5. relationships with pets
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PLP: personal life perspective:

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  1. assume that traditional nuclear family is no longer the dominant family type
  2. there are structural theories: members manipulated by structural society
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Parsons’ view of family:

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sees it as a functional fit between nuclear family and modern society’s needs for a mobile labour force

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