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DISS - Lesson 5 - Discipline and Ideas in Social Sciences

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Structural

Functionalism
What is
Structural
Functionalism
?
Structural
The
Functionalism
structural-functional approach
is a
perspective in sociology that sees
society as a complex system whose
parts work together to promote
solidarity and stability.
Structural
Functionalism
It asserts that our lives are
guided by social structures,
which are relatively stable
patterns of social behavior.
Structural
Functionalism
Social structures give shape to
our lives - for example, in
families, the community, and
through religious organizations.
Structural
Functionalism
Functionalism also states that
society is like an organism,
made up of different parts
that work together.
Structural
Functionalism
Thus, one of the key ideas in Structural
Functionalism is that society is made-up
of groups or institutions, which are
cohesive, share common norms, and
have a definitive culture.
Structural
Functionalism
in Theory
Structural Functionalism in
Theory
Emile Durkheim
 Society was made up of
building blocks that were
focused on a common goal.
 If people stopped agreeing
on those common goals, then
society would disintegrate.
 However, as long as most
people agreed, society would
be fine
Structural Functionalism in
Theory
Talcott Parson (1902-1979)
 American sociologist and functionalist
who attempted to develop and perfect
a general analytic model suitable for
analyzing all types of collectivities.
 He was concerned with how elements
of society were functional for a society
as well as social order.
 His five pattern variables are
considered as five dichotomies to draw
out the contrasting values to which
individuals orient themselves in social
interactions.
General Conceptual
Diagram Durk et al
(2007)

It shows that all of the


different organizations
and institutions in
society are
interdependent.

When one institution


in society changes,
other institutions
accommodate that
change by changing as
well, though the
ultimate effect is to
slow overall change.
Specific Conceptual Diagram
Durk et al. (2007)
 A "deviant" individual commits an act that is
deemed by the rest of society as criminal, because
it leads to public outrage and punishments.
 Because a large portion of society respond to the
action as though it is deviant, this draws a
boundary between what is and is not deviant.
 Thus, deviance actually helps to indicate what is
not deviant, or the function of labelling behaviors
or ideas as deviance is to insure that most people
do not engage in those behaviors.

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