SOC103H1 Lecture Notes - Grief Counseling, Authoritarianism, Thorstein Veblen
Document Summary
Families are highly variable, more variable today than in the past. Norms for family" are changing rapidly and this social change and social diversity causes confusion. e. g. polygamy (more than 1 wife) and monogamy (only 1 wife). Today, people tend to postpone marriage to their 30s and have fewer children than a. Families also act as an social school teaching children how to behave and act generation ago properly. View the family as a central institution in society. See family as a microcosm of society, with individual family members coming together in a unified and productive whole. They expect changes in the family to mirror changes in the larger society. In modern industrial society, family life is complicated, requiring more coordination and specialization. Talcott parsons and robert bales"s functionalism analysis. Views family"s division of labour as the key to its success. Husband, father performs the role as a breadwinner, decision-maker, source of authority and leadership.
