Family Roles Quiz: Ideological and Economic Perspectives in Sociology

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What are the two main focuses of the family according to Parsons?

Bridge connecting individuals to the world and teaching values and norms

Providing emotional support and enforcing cooperative behavior

Primary socialization and stabilizing adult personalities (correct)

Reproduction and socialization

How does Horwitz describe the family's role in teaching norms and values?

By emotionally connecting with individuals (correct)

Through financial support

By providing educational resources

By enforcing competitive behavior

How does the family support capitalism?

By promoting independence

By distributing wealth equally

Through three different ways (correct)

By discouraging cooperation

What is one way kids learn behavior, as discussed in the text?

By watching adults Signup and view all the answers

How has the family's role evolved over time, according to Parsons and Bales?

It has specialized and lost some functions Signup and view all the answers

What does Fletcher support regarding the family's role in society?

Families play a crucial role in stabilizing adult personalities Signup and view all the answers

According to STANWORTH, what is considered the foundation of women's identity?

Pregnancy and feminine identities Signup and view all the answers

What does FIRESTONE argue creates inequality between men and women?

Dependence on men due to pregnancy Signup and view all the answers

According to MARXIST perspectives mentioned, how do women's social roles in the home change over time?

They have evolved due to changing relationships Signup and view all the answers

What trend has been observed in first marriages in the UK?

A decline in the number of first marriages Signup and view all the answers

How does BUTLER view men and women in terms of essential nature?

Men and women can move out of traditional roles Signup and view all the answers

Based on the text, what has happened to remarriages over the past 50 years?

Remarriages have doubled but then declined Signup and view all the answers

What role does ALTHUSSER attribute to the family in terms of ideology?

Teaching children values and norms that support the capitalist status quo Signup and view all the answers

In terms of socialization, what does ZARTESKY suggest about teaching the ruling class ideology?

Socialization involves teaching the ruling class ideology Signup and view all the answers

According to BOURDIEU, what are non-economic resources spent on to give some families an advantage?

Equipping children with workplace skills Signup and view all the answers

Based on the text, why do working-class families often have working-class jobs?

As a result of educational failure caused by lack of certain ideologies Signup and view all the answers

What is one of the negative aspects of women's social roles as highlighted in the text?

A reserve army of labor Signup and view all the answers

In relation to women's work, what does DUNCOMBE AND MARSDEN refer to as a 'triple shift'?

Engagement in domestic work, paid work, and emotional work Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

Functions of the Family

Adults work for the survival of their group through reproduction, socialization, and economic organization.
Socialization involves teaching values and norms to children.
Economic organization includes paid and domestic work.

Parsons and Bales

In the past, the family was multifunctional, but has become specialized, leading to a loss of functions.
The family now focuses on primary socialization and stabilization of adult personalities.
Fletcher supports this view.

Horwitz

The family functions as a bridge connecting the individual to the world, teaching norms and values.
The emotional connection in the family makes it more likely for rules to be taught and learned.

Marxist Perspective

Women perform a service role in the home, either willingly or due to husbands' refusal.
Women suffer from patriarchal and capitalistic oppression.

Radical Feminist Perspective

Firestone: Biology is the essential gender difference, and inequality arises from women's dependence on men during pregnancy.
Stanworth: Pregnancy and feminine identities are the foundation of women's identity.
Friedan and Millet: The family is an oppressive state, and women are parasites depending on men.
Butler: Men and women don't have essential natures, and relationships can be negotiated.

Marriage and Family

There has been a decline in marriage and first marriages, while remarriages have increased and then declined.
Remarriage has doubled in the past 50 years but has since declined.

Ideological Perspective

Althusser: The family is an ideological state apparatus (ISA) that teaches values and norms supporting the capitalist status quo.
Zartesky: Socialization involves teaching the ruling class ideology.

Economic Perspective

Althusser: The family has a consumption role, and they need paid employment to survive.
Zartesky: Families are important targets for advertisements, and the family is a source of profit.

Political Perspective

Family relationships lock themselves in a capitalist loop, as they need to work to survive and provide.
Zartesky: The growth of privatized family means the family focuses on smaller problems and neglects larger issues.
Bourdieu: Non-economic resources are spent to give some families an advantage.

Neo-Marxism

Willis: A lack of resources leads to educational failure, perpetuating working-class jobs for working-class families.
Women are exploited through traditional roles that benefit men, making the family an oppressive structure.

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Explore the ideological and economic perspectives on the family through the lens of sociologists Althusser and Zartesky. Learn how the family functions as an ISA, influences consumption, and serves as a target for advertisement.