Functionalists believe that the family is a positive situation. They hold the view that meet as well with the needs of an advanced industrial society. Functionalists highlight the ideal family type in a modern society as a nuclear family. (A nuclear family consists of parents and children living together in a home. The nuclear family is also known as the cereal package family and is seen as a socially accepted norm.) The view of the nuclear family comprises of a breadwinner husband and a dependant wife and husband. The nuclear family is seen as traditional and positive view.
George Murdock believed that the family was a universal feature of society and he believed that there were certain functions that the family always fulfilled. These are; sexual in most societies there is control of sexual behaviour within the family and this stabilises the social system.
Talcott parsons believed that this is where childrens personalities are moulded and shaped and families are little personality factories.
George Murdock believed that the family was a universal feature of society and he believed that there were certain functions that the family always fulfilled. These are; sexual in most societies there is control of sexual behaviour within the family and this stabilises the social system.
Talcott parsons believed that this is where childrens personalities are moulded and shaped and families are little personality factories.
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