Critically evaluate the Marxist perspective of the family According to Marx’s perspective‚ family is seen as an obstruction to achieve the communist goals‚ as it is crucial to passing the established order such as cultural ideals on to the next generation. However‚ Marx was focused on social class rather than the role of family‚ it was his friend Engels trace the evolution of the family in “The Origin of the Family‚ Private Property and the State” (1884 ‚ Zurich) In this context‚ this essay will
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Psychological Explanation of the Causes of Crime Psychological-pertaining to the mind or to mental phenomena as the subject matter of psychology. -To account for criminal motivation in people‚ criminologists have used various psychology theories that attempt to explain human intellectual and emotional development. These theories can be divided into three categories: a. Moral Development Theories describe a sequence of developmental stages that people
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Outline and Evaluate research into privation AO1 Privation is when a child has the right to form an attachment to a primary care giver taken away from them; the option to make these crucial attachments isn’t there. If Bowlby’s theory is correct‚ then because of this inability to form attachments‚ infants should grow up struggling to form relationships and attachments to anyone else. AO1 P: Evidence looking at the effects of privation comes from the case of Genie. E: She was 13 years old
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Outline and Evaluate research into types of attachment (12 marks) Ainsworth ‘Strange Situation’ study aim was to investigate what type of attachment the infants had to their caregiver. Therefore‚ Ainsworth used 12 to 18 months infants in an experiment to test this. Ainsworth had several conditions to allow the observer to identify what reaction the infants are showing and hence‚ which attachment type. In a play area room‚ the infant and mother spent some time playing‚ suddenly the mother leaves
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usefulness of Marxist theories for an understanding of crime and deviance” (21 marks) Sociologists who favour the Marxist approach to explanations of crime concentrate on the exploitative nature of the capitalist society in which we live and how it propels individuals into a life of crime. Marxism is criticised by other theories who do not share their opinion on capitalism – this therefore means they do not share their opinion on crime and deviance. The traditional Marxist view on crime is that capitalism
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Outline and evaluate functionalist views of the role of the family in society. (33 Marks) Functionalists stress the positive aspect of family. In particular‚ they force on the positive role of one particular family type: the nuclear family. Murdoch (1949) claimed the family was a universal institution. He studied 250 societies and found the family‚ in some form‚ was present in all of them. This suggests that families are necessary in some way‚ whether it be for societies to survive‚ for individual
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Outline and evaluate the strange situations During the 1970’s‚ psychologist Mary Ainsworth further expanded upon Bowlby’s groundbreaking work in her now-famous "Strange Situation" study. The study involved observing children between the ages of 12 to 18 months responding to a situation in which they were briefly left alone and then reunited with their mother (Ainsworth‚ 1978). Based on these observations‚ Ainsworth concluded that there were three major styles of attachment: secure attachment‚ ambivalent-insecure
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Outline and Assess the Marxist views on Social Inequality (40) One view Marxist sociologists have on social inequality is that we live in a society controlled by the Tri-level structure where the Bourgeoisie oppress the Proletariat by controlling the means of production and the manual labour they contribute to the capitalist society. Marxists seek to explain the economic inequalities and the relationship of the individual to the economic structure of society; however the lower the level of success
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Outline and evaluate sociological views on the role of the family in society (33 marks) There are three main different sociological view points on how sociologists view the family these are Functionalist‚ Marxist and Feminist Views. The functionalists think the role of the family is extremely important and that the nuclear family is the best form‚ they think the nuclear family runs more smoothly as they learn the correct norms and values so our society can live in a consensus
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Describe and evaluate the biological explanation of gender development. Give evidence in your answer. (10 marks) The biological approach states that human beings have evolved so that males and females possess different chromosomes that trigger the production of different levels of certain hormones. It is these hormonal differences between the sexes that lead to differences in behaviour. This allows for males and females to perform different roles in reproduction thus ensuring the survival of
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