-Using material from item A and elsewhere assess the contribution of functionalism to our understanding of families and households. A core component of the functionalist perspective is the belief that the family is a major sub-system of society. George Peter Murdock for instance‚ declares that the family performs four essential functions that serve the requirements of its inner members and also larger society. The item mentions two of these functions: ‘the stable satisfaction of sex drive’‚ which
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Part I: Client and Presenting Problems The presenting family consists of 7 individuals. While the family as a whole is the identified client‚ each individual within the family is suffering from individual issues that are resulting in creating stress throughout the whole family. The identified parents‚ Lena and Stef‚ are a lesbian couple (Bredeweg & Paige‚ 2013). Stef‚ a Caucasian female who is as a police officer‚ was previously married to Mike‚ a fellow police officer‚ and they had a son identified
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the labour market have led to more equality in modern family life.’ This view is highly supported by many sociologists like Young and Willmott who suggest that the family is becoming more symmetrical and therefore‚ is in fact becoming more egalitarian via a ‘march of progress.’ They suggest that the family is gradually improving in terms of equality as there has been a trend away from segregated conjugal roles and more of a shift towards joint ones. This they argue is due to major social changes in
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Family counseling is a key to promote better relationships and understanding within a family. Every individual is facing one or the other problems in their daily life. The counseling can provide each individual with the chance to express opinions by communicating effectively. This process will help to change the attitude and reinforce the positive attributes of the individual‚ couple‚ or family members. "A family is a place where minds come in contact with one another. If these minds love one
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The father and mother disapprove of the language he uses around their children. A structural-functionalist might question how the members of the family are performing their specified functions. They may look at each member’s values‚ beliefs‚ and social norms and see how they relate to one another. By doing this‚ a structural-functionalist will be able to identify why conflict or despair is occurring within a family unit. For example‚ if the mother’s belief system tells her it is correct to inform
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The Karen’s family structural roles are separated and influence by age‚ gender‚ family‚ marriage‚ and kinship. The Karen’s like many other culture interpreted respect/ manners differently and it’s past down by the family. People in the Karen culture like many others traditional cultures are gender role separated. The men will work in the fields and the women do housework‚ but some female will do field work. Traditionally most of them wear red shirts that includes male and married females‚ and single
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Institution Structural Family Therapy Name Instructor’s Name Course Number 31‚ May 2014 Abstract This research paper discusses Structural Family Therapy in relation to its development‚ tenets‚ application‚ and comparison to other methods. It was established that Minuchin was at the forefront of developing the approach due to the realization that human problems cannot be solved individualistically. Instead‚ they should be solved in the context of family structure since it affects behavior
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Structural Family Therapy (SFT) is a method of psychotherapy developed by Salvador Minchin that focuses on the family dynamics. It is considered the most influential family therapy worldwide according to Stupart (2014). The primary purpose of the different approaches to the psychotherapy is to help people feel differently‚ and change their thinking and behavior (Stupart 2014). The goal of SFT is to join the family system in therapy to determine any dysfunctional relationships and how to heal them
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comes to family. These issues can range from problems in a marriage‚ how to deal with your children issues and understand yourself and how to deal with your family and certain issues. The area of marriage and family counseling/therapy has had an out break over the past decade. The counselors are expected to work effectively with families experiencing a variety of issues and problems. In marriage and family therapy/counseling there are so many different types of techniques that are out there but
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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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