KIN 275 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Asthma, Bourgeoisie, Ageism
14 Apr 2016
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Ultimate goal (what they attempt to explain) System of integrated parts - each have certain needs that must be fulfilled for social order to be maintained. Each person in a family has a role, need certain things to survive, need to fulfill roles to maintain stability. Problems happen > you adjust to survive. Rehabilitation to achieve social order and maintain ability to carry out individuals roles. Social system is made up of interrelated parts. Each part has a function and works to sustain the unity of the whole. Cohesion and unity are maintained if everyone has the same value system. Functional parts, dysfunctional parts (harmful to system), nonfunctional parts (neutral/irrelevant to system) When all parts fulfilled = normal state. Healthy people essential for the maintenance of social stability and order. How sick people are expected to act. Illness became seen as a form of deviance - see sick people as bad, don"t want to have anything to do with them.
