4.1.2 Functionalist accounts of the family

According to Parsons, what was the main reason for the decline of the extended family in industrial societies?

What did Parsons mean by 'structural differentiation' in the context of industrial societies?

What role did Parsons assign to the nuclear family in the socialisation of children in industrial societies?

Parsons argued that industrial societies needed to be meritocratic. What did he mean by this?

How did Parsons see the nuclear family as a 'personality factory'?

What is the main difference between Parsons' views on the extended family and the nuclear family in industrial societies?

What is the primary function of the nuclear family according to Parsons?

According to Parsons, how does play with children act as a safety valve for adults?

What did Parsons see as the main benefit of the nuclear family structure?

According to Parsons, how does the nuclear family help to stabilize adult personalities?

What are some of the core cultural values that Parsons believed should be instilled in children by the family?

According to Parsons, what is the primary role of the female in the family?

What did Parsons believe to be the main reason for the family's shift from extended to nuclear in modern industrial societies?

How did the emergence of a bureaucratic state impact the role of the family?

What criticism did Ronald Fletcher make of Parson's theory of the nuclear family?

What was the impact of industrialisation on the production of goods and services in Parsons' view?

What did Parsons mean by 'functional specialisation' in the context of industrialisation?

According to Fletcher, what is a key economic function of the modern nuclear family?

What were the two main functions of the nuclear family in industrial societies, according to Parsons?

Which of the following is a weakness of Parsons' theory of the nuclear family?

What do interactionist sociologists argue about Parson's view of children in the family?

What was a key factor in the separation of home and workplace in industrial society?

Which of these is NOT a core cultural value that Parsons believed the nuclear family should instill in children?

What is the main argument presented by historians regarding Parsons' theory of the family?

According to Parsons, how did the nuclear family act as a 'warm bath' for adults?

According to Parsons, which of the following is a characteristic of the extended family that hinders progress and modernity?

What type of workforce did Parsons believe was necessary for successful modern industrial economies?

What is one of the key social functions of the nuclear family, according to Parsons?

Which of the following aspects of family life did Parsons' theory fail to adequately address?

How do interactionist sociologists view the relationship between parents and children?

According to Parsons, what is the primary purpose of the instrumental leader in the family?

According to functionalist theory, what is the primary function of social institutions?

Why does functionalism argue that the family is a universal institution?

What is one of the main criticisms of Murdock's argument about the universality of the nuclear family?

Which of the following is NOT considered a basic function of the nuclear family according to Murdock?

What is the key difference between a functionalist perspective and a more critical perspective on the family?

Which of the following provides evidence challenging Murdock's claim about the universality of the nuclear family?

What is considered an ideological construct?

Why is Murdock's idea of the family considered an ideological construct?

What is the main criticism against Parsons' theory of the nuclear family?

How does the text challenge Parsons' hypothesis about industrialization and the nuclear family?

What is the main argument of feminists against Parsons' theory?

What is the main argument of the text regarding the relationship between industrialization and the extended family?

What is the significance of the quote "you can’t be what you can’t see" in the context of the text?

How does the extended family function in a period of migration and industrialization?

How does the extended kinship network influence Japanese culture?

The text argues that the functionalist perspective on the family is problematic because:

The text refers to the example of women murdered by intimate partners or family members to demonstrate that:

What is the main point of the text about the Japanese experience of industrialization?

According to Parsons, what was the primary reason for the shift from extended families to nuclear families?

What role did extended families play in pre-industrial societies, according to Parsons?

How did Parsons view the relationship between social change and family structures?

What is the main point of Parsons' theory about the decline of the extended family?

Parsons argued that the extended family was a multi-functional unit. Which of the following was NOT a function performed by extended families in pre-industrial societies?

What is meant by the term "social mobility" in the context of Parsons' argument?

What is a key difference between social mobility in pre-industrial and industrial societies according to Parsons?

According to Parsons, which of these was a consequence of industrialization?

What does the example of China in the text suggest about the relationship between industrialization and urbanization?

In pre-industrial societies, what type of social status was prevalent, according to Parsons?

According to Parsons, which characteristic of extended families made them unsuitable for industrial societies?

Which of the following was a major social change brought about by industrialization, according to Parsons?

What is a key insight from Parsons' theory about the relationship between social change and family structures?

According to Parsons, what was the primary factor driving the migration of nuclear families to urban areas during the Industrial Revolution?

Which of the following is NOT an argument made by Parsons about the relationship between the extended family and pre-industrial societies?

What does Parsons' theory suggest about the role of family structures in shaping social and economic development?