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    My favorite perspective in sociology was learning about the functionalist perspective aka functionalism. I do know that it is one of the major concept theories and perspectives in sociology. From class we learned about Emile Durkheim’s interest in this theory on how social order is possible on how society remains relatively stable through functionalism. “Functionalism does interpret every part of society on how it all contributes to the stability and the survival of society”. I guess the reason why

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    Functionalist perspective is a way of looking at the entire system. We as a society and a world are from a functionalist perspectinve a whole and complete entity. If we look at it in the same way and go from their we can safely say that human activity is the dominant influence. This influence is what affects the environment. Let me see if I can make this more clear. If we take America as an example we can see that we love entertainment. The joy we have for boating directly affects aquatic life

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    people think it should be handled the same way. One person may have a different perspective on how to handle the situation and another person may have a different way. There are three basic perspectives on social problems and they are; The Functionalist Perspective‚ The Conflict Perspective‚ and The Interactiontionist Perspective. In this essay‚ I will explain the perspective of each. The functionalist perspective is that everyone has a position in life and that a person’s

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    Functionalist Perspective on Family Meeting The significant event I have chosen to observe using my new sociological lenses from a functionalist perspective is our family meeting due to preparations for Aunty Mal’s 21st birthday party. All age groups from grandparents to parents and children have gathered here at Opa and Oma’s house for one purpose and that is to plan and host the most fun and memorable birthday party. Our grandparents decided to have the party at their house seeing that it holds

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    Functionalist Perspective Society Functionalist Perspective Everyone has a ‘function’ within society The pink arrows represent that everyone must put something into society‚ eg work‚ study etc Society The blue arrows show that if you put something into society then you will gain something back‚ eg education‚ health care‚ security etc Functionalist Perspective The stick people represent different systems and subsystems within society‚ eg private industry‚ the police‚ schools‚ hospitals etc

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    A. Racial Group

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    can be described as a a. group that experiences limitations and barriers to life’s opportunities. b. group that is numerically less than 50% of the population. c. condition defined exclusively in terms of physical traits. d. condition that does not have negative effects in a democracy. 2. Members of a minority or subordinate group a. share physical or cultural characteristics that distinguish them from the dominant group. b. have less power over their

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    different jobs‚ but they all work together so that the body can survive. That is the idea of functionalism. Everything and everyone has a purpose that helps society. Take Walmart for example. Its existence serves an important function. All the different components of the functionalist perspective are seen in Walmart. Manifest functions are the obvious reasons why something exist‚ in this case Walmart. Walmart is a one stop shop. It has clothes‚ food‚ medicine‚ gas‚ and even a place that fix cars

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    Ghandi‚ a man who saw the world as a whole. He acted on his insights and fought for the rights of others- an honourable task for an Indian when racism ran so rampant. It is true that Canada has grown significantly from its years of segregation and of racial prejudice; but how far have we‚ as a society‚ really come? We need not look very far to secure our answer‚ but we must look under the surface of media‚ see between the lines of dialogue‚ and view our own behaviours more closely. When I began to think

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    concerning a social norm. B. justifications for deviant behavior. C. rules made by a government. D. a loss of direction when the social control of individual behavior has become ineffective. 2. Socialization is the process A. of mentally assuming the perspective of another. B. of discarding former behavior patterns and accepting new ones as part of a transition in one’s life. C. whereby people learn the attitudes‚ values‚ and actions appropriate to individuals as members of a particular culture. D. whereby

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    Examine Functionalists explanations of the family (24 marks) Functionalists believe that society is based on a set of shared values and norms; this is known as a value consensus. These norms and values socialize its members‚ which enables them to cooperate with each other so society’s needs are met‚ this creates social order. It offers a structural and macro view of the family which is top down. Functionalists see society as being similar to a biological organism for example the human body.

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