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What is society based on according to functionalists?
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Consensus.
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What is Comptes' Organic Analogy?
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Society is made up of different organs and each institution works together to create a working body i.e. the family could be seen as the heart.
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What are the four functions of the family?
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Stable satisfaction of the sex drive, reproduction, primary socialisation and fulfillment of economic needs.
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What is Parsons' functional fit theory?
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He sees a huge difference in extended family and nuclear family. He believes that the change to nuclear family is due to industrialisation creating a need for a geographically and socially mobile society.
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What are the two irreducible roles according to Parson's?
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Primary socialisation and stabilisation of adult personalities. He also believes in segregated conjugal roles of instrumental (male) and expressive (female).
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