SOC 3312 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Social Actions, Anarchism In Russia, Reproduction
30 Jan 2017
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The contribution of structural functionalism to sociology continued. Society is an ensemble within systems (society is composed of small units or systems to make a mega-unit. The actors inside the units are interrelated, these different elements relate to each other to make that unit work (e. g. family members) They need to work together to operate properly. The family function socialize, raise members of society, pro-create (this is the primary function, to create more members of society) Biological reproduction is one of the functions. Transmission of social values - most of the values we know we start to learn in the household. I(cid:374) relatio(cid:374) to a fir(cid:373) : without the family the firm will not have employees. If you do not learn the social values from your family, you will not fit into the social unit of the firm. Society although it is a mega-unit needs all of the other units in order to function.
