functionalists

functionalists

Because of
industries like
factories and
shops being
built it led to
people not
relying on
their extended
kin therefore
moving away
to follow job
opportunities,
causing
the family
to change
from being
extended
to nuclear.

mother is the
expressive role
(emotional)

The expressive
leader within
a family is
the women
as she looks
after the house
and children
offering
support and
guidance.
no status
conflict

move away
to start own
nuclear family

adult sons get
a higher status

move to
get a job

social mobility

The
instrumental
leader within
the family is
the male as he
goes to work
to earn money
and provide
for his family.

geographical
mobility

mother is the
bath absorbing
the rest of
the families
stresses for
of the day

Parsons was
the one who
believed that
the warm bath
theory was
an important
major function
of the family
(stress
reliever).

Parsons
identified the
Instrumental
and
Expressive
Leader

Parsons
claimed that
the nuclear
family provided
the husband
and wife with
clear social
roles. The
Instrumental
and
Expressive
Leader.

Gendered
social roles
Geographical
Mobility

Structural
Differentiation

effects
of indust

teaching
norms and
values

next gen
Structural
Differentiation
is the loss
of functions
for the preindustrial
family
through to
industrialisation
due to
structures such
as healthcare
and education
systems
taking over
said family
functions.

reproduction
socialisation

economic
4 functions
of thefamily

Families
becoming
geographically
mobile led
to people
becoming
isolated from
their relatives.
sexual

Isolated
Families

murdock

parsons

modern indust

2 generations
nuclear family

sheer
practicality of
the nuclear
family makes
it universal

functional fit
theory (1955)
segregated
conjugal roles

3 generations

extended
family

functionalists
gender division...

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