3.1 The functions of families

• What are the two functions of the family proposed by Robert Bales?

  Instrumental and expressive
• What are the functions of the family in sociology?

  Roles and responsibilities
• Emotional support within the family involves love, care, and comfort.


  True
• What is an example of economic provision within the family?

  Earning income
• Talcott Parsons argued that the family has two main functions: socialization and stabilization of adult personalities
• George Murdock identified four universal family functions: sexual, reproductive, economic, and educational/socialization.


  True
• Match the functionalist theorist with their key idea:

  Talcott Parsons ↔️ Socialization and stabilization

  Robert Bales ↔️ Instrumental and expressive functions

  George Murdock ↔️ Four universal family functions
• What are the two types of functions proposed by Robert Bales?

  Instrumental and expressive
• What are the two main functions of the family according to Talcott Parsons?

  Socialization and stabilization
• How many universal family functions did George Murdock identify?

  Four
• The process of teaching children societal norms and values is called socialization
• The family function of socialization involves instilling norms, values, and behaviors
• Emotional support within the family includes providing love, care, and comfort.

  True
• What role do family functions play in society?

  Social order and stability
• The function of teaching children norms, values, and behaviors is called socialization
• Match the function of the family with its purpose:

  Socialization ↔️ Instilling norms, values, behaviors

  Emotional support ↔️ Providing love, care, comfort

  Economic provision ↔️ Meeting financial needs

  Reproductive roles ↔️ Creating new members
• Order the key functions of the family according to functionalist perspectives:

  1️⃣ Socialization

  2️⃣ Emotional support

  3️⃣ Economic provision

  4️⃣ Reproductive roles
• What are the two types of functions proposed by Robert Bales?

  Instrumental and expressive
• How do functionalist theorists view the role of the family in society?

  Maintaining social order
• Talcott Parsons argued that the family has two main functions: socialization and stabilization of adult personalities
• George Murdock identified four universal family functions: sexual, reproductive, economic, and educational/socialization.


  True
• What did Robert Bales propose about family functions?

  Instrumental and expressive
• Match the family function with its purpose:

  Socialization ↔️ Instilling norms, values, behaviors

  Emotional support ↔️ Providing love, care, comfort

  Economic provision ↔️ Meeting financial needs

  Reproductive roles ↔️ Creating new members
• What are the functions of the family within a society?

  Roles and responsibilities
• Match the family function with its purpose:

  Economic provision ↔️ Meeting financial needs

  Reproductive roles ↔️ Creating new members

  Emotional support ↔️ Providing love and care
• Talcott Parsons argued that the family has two main functions: socialization of children and stabilization of adult personalities
• George Murdock identified four universal family functions: sexual, reproductive, economic, and educational/socialization.


  True
• What did Talcott Parsons emphasize in his functionalist perspective on the family?

  Socialization and stabilization
• George Murdock identified four universal family functions, including sexual, reproductive, economic, and educational/socialization.socialization
• Economic provision within the family involves meeting financial needs.

  True
• Functionalists are criticized for presenting an overly deterministic view, where families are seen as simply fulfilling pre-determined functions.
• Functionalists are biased towards the nuclear family model and overlook the diversity of family structures.


  True
• Match the theorist with their key idea on family functions:

  Talcott Parsons ↔️ Socialization and stabilization

  Robert Bales ↔️ Instrumental and expressive

  George Murdock ↔️ Four universal functions
• Robert Bales proposed that the family has both instrumental and expressive functions.


  True
• What is the purpose of socialization as a family function?

  Teaching societal norms
• Arrange the key functionalists and their ideas on family functions:

  1️⃣ Talcott Parsons: Socialization and stabilization

  2️⃣ Robert Bales: Instrumental and expressive

  3️⃣ George Murdock: Universal family functions
• What does the functionalist approach fail to adequately account for in families?

  Conflicts and changes
• Match the critique of functionalism with its explanation:

  Overly Deterministic ↔️ Families seen as fulfilling pre-determined functions

  Ignores Conflict and Change ↔️ Fails to account for conflicts within families

  Biased Towards Nuclear Family ↔️ Overlooks diverse family structures