The Family Institution Lamar Mack SOC 101 Pamela Spence April 25‚ 2011 The American family is normally composed of two parents‚ mother and father‚ and the rearing of a single to numerous children. Within the family institution‚ the three sociological theories of functionalism‚ conflict‚ and interactionism are experienced. The purpose of this paper is to explore how each theory applies to the family‚ the similarities and the differences. How each theory affects the views of the individuals
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Functionalism Theory A good wife always knows her place (The Good Wife’s guide‚ slide 15). I think that this is a key statement when describing structural functionalism in the 1940’s and 1950’s. In this era of time we do not see many variations within the family. When you compared Family A‚ B‚ and C‚ you would find that all were nuclear families or a traditional families consisting of a father‚ mother‚ and children. To construct a theory based on the structural functionalism was a much simpler task
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Outline: I. Introduction II. Social-Conflict Theory III. Family Structure and Statistics IV. The effect on Children V. Financial Effects VI. Minorities VII. Support and Love is the Key VIII. Conclusion Introduction How do family situations affect the outcome of children? Does a two parent family typically have children that are more likely to succeed than a one parent or step parent family? How big a role do finances put on that outcome? I’ll put a different twist on it as well‚ by
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Theoretical Perspectives (Introduction to Sociology 6th Ed. H.Tischler pp.23-24) Functionalism Perspective Reaction Paper #2 Sociology is a theoretical perspective based on the assumption that culture‚ social structure‚ statuses and roles exist in our world. Introduction to Sociology (H. Tischler pp.23) highlights the fact that scientists need a set of working assumptions to guide them in their professional activities. In this regard‚ Sociologists have developed frameworks
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produce societies goods. (Cited; Browne.K ’Introducing Sociology ’ 2002) This approach rejects the idea of society as a consensus but instead sees it based on the constant changing outcomes of conflicts between different groups. This type of approach is known as ’conflict theory ’. Symbolic Interactionism is a social action perspective‚ particularly concerned with understanding human behaviour in face-to-face situations. In addition‚ how individuals and situations come to be defined or classified
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Compare and Contrast the Cunningham and Ewell Families In To Kill A Mockingbird‚ as an additional message to the main theme of the novel‚ Lee seeks to show two polar reactions to poverty‚ that of the Cunninghams and the Ewells. Her experience of the Great Depression was a major influence in the writing of the book‚ as she uses the contrast of these two families to show that there is hope for those in poverty‚ if people learn from the Ewells and emulate the Cunninghams. She introduces the values
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Functionalism is a theory based on agreement and consequences‚ systems such as education ‚family and law that are combined to work together to create a harmonious society. A normal view of a family is define as a mother and the biological father in which eventually they will have kids and all live under the same roof and certainly the dad going off to work while the mom stay home and be a housewife. My family goes by the Cavero family. We are hispanic and black background. My mother side is from
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Compare and contrast traditional and modern families Since the nineteenth century‚ in the western societies‚ family patterns changed under the forces of industrialisation and urbanisation. Another factor which has been involved in those changes is the growing intervention of the state‚ by legislative action‚ in the domestic affairs of the family. As a result of these trends‚ the modern “nuclear” family has been substituted for the traditional extended family. The increase of values
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Tracey Shah Psy 230 February 1‚ 2013 Interactionism I observed my team during a potluck. It was interesting to say the least. There were about 25 of us and most of all of us brought something to the potluck. What I noticed is most people just dug right in. I could see that the leaders of the group initiated the gathering and started the line to get food. Some people started where the main food was and others on the desserts. There was really a lot of confusion. I must say that in this situation
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Running tab: Interactionism | Interactionism | | | PSY/230 | 1/8/2013 | | Interactionism I strongly believe culture has a huge impact on a person’s personality. A person is born into a specific culture and they grow into that culture accepting its idiosyncrasies both good and bad. A person
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