as unit 1 acquiring culture; family and culture week 3: functions of the family

1. AS Unit 1 Acquiring Culture; Family and Culture Week 3: Functions of the Family

2. Family and Culture Week 3 2

3. Family and Culture Week 3 3 Introduction

4. Family and Culture Week 3 4 George Murdock�s Universal Residual Functions

5. Family and Culture Week 3 5 Talcott Parsons: Family Stripped of its Functions

6. Family and Culture Week 3 6 Critique of Functionalist View

7. Family and Culture Week 3 7 Family Adaptation in Postmodern Society

8. Family and Culture Week 3 8 Source of Emotional Support

9. Family and Culture Week 3 9 Family as Source of Identity

10. Family and Culture Week 3 10 Family as Leisure

11. Family and Culture Week 3 11 Alternatives to the Traditional Family

12. Family and Culture Week 3 12 Singlehood

13. Family and Culture Week 3 13 Singlehood (continued)

14. Family and Culture Week 3 14 Factors Behind Singlehood

15. Family and Culture Week 3 15 Childless Couples

16. Family and Culture Week 3 16 Gay and Lesbian Relationships

17. Family and Culture Week 3 17 Conclusions There is general support for the loss of functions thesis that argues the family has been stripped of many of its functions. George Murdock sees the family performing 4 universal residual functions: sexual, reproductive, economic and education (socialisation). Talcott Parsons sees the family performing two �basic and irreducible functions� socialisation of children, stabilisation of adult personalities.

18. Family and Culture Week 3 18 Conclusions (continued) There has been a growth in people rejecting traditional family. 12% of people in Britain now live on their own (almost a third of households). Couples account for almost a third of households too. In a less homophobic society there has been a growth of gay and lesbian relationships.

19. Family and Culture Week 3 19 End of Presentation