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Chapterd2
Structural Functionalism Theory
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KEYdTERMS
structure deviantdbehavior

function conformity

instrumental innovation

expressive ritualism

equilibrium retreatism

thedbenchmarkdfamily rebellion


TRUE-FALSEdQUESTIONS
(True)d 1.dThedintactdnucleardfamilydofdhusband,dwife,danddtheirdchildrendisdthedidealdstructuredn
eededdtodmaintaindsocietydaccordingdtodstructuredfunctionalismdtheory.

(True)d 2.dTalcottdParsonsddiddnotdseeddeviantdbehaviordasdcontributingdtodpositivedsocialdchange.d(True

)d 3.dAdkeydcomponentdofdstructuraldfunctionalistdtheorydstatesdthatdanydhumandsystem
willdresistdchange.

(False)d 4.dStructuraldfunctionalistsdwoulddarguedthatdmalesdneeddtodperformdexpressivedfuncti
onsdanddwomendshoulddperformdinstrumentaldfunctionsdwithindthedfamily.

(True)d 5.dAccordingdtodstructuraldfunctionalistdtheory,dthedfunctiondofdfamiliesdisdtodpr
ocreatedanddsocializedchildren.

(True)d 6.dIndstructuraldfunctiondtheory,don-

deviancedisdthedsamedasdconformity.d(True)d 7.dStructuraldfunctionalismdisdbasicallydadt

heorydofdsocialdsurvival.

(False)d 8.dStructuraldfunctionalismdisdonedofdthedmostdwidelyduseddtheoriesdtoday.

(False)d 9.dAccordingdtodstructuraldfunctiondtheory,danydfamilydformdcandhelpdmaintaindequilibriumdindso
ciety.

(True)d 10.dFordstructuraldfunctiondtheory,dinstrumentaldrolesdaredthosedthatdhelpdprovidedfordthedfamily
.

(True)d 11.dMeetingdthedemotionaldneedsdofdthedfamilydmeansdyoudaredfulfillingdthedexpressivedrole.


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(True)d 12.dAlldsystemsdhavedfunctions.

(False)d 13.dThedfunctiondofdfamiliesdisdtodsocializedchildren.

(False)d 14.dWomendaredmoredlikelydtodfulfilldinstrumentaldrolesdthandaredmen.d(False)

d 15.dThedBenchmarkdfamilydcandtakedmultipledforms.

MULTIPLE-CHOICEdQUESTIONS
1. AccordingdtodTalcottdParsons,dwhatdisdthedkeydsystemdindsociety?
a. Government
b. Family
c. Culture
d. Socialdinstitutions

2. Despitedthedtheory’sdinabilitydtodadaptdtodthedchangesdassociateddwithdthedsocialdupheavaldofdthe
1960s,dstructuraldfunctionalismdremainsdbeneficialdbecause:
a. Thedconceptdofdthedfamilydneedingdtodstaydindbalancedisdimportantdtodmoredmoderndfamilydt
heories.
b. Presentddaydfamilydresearchdusesdfamilydstructure.
c. Familydstructuredcontinuesdtodplandadroledindpoliticalddecision-making.
d. Alldofdthedabove

3. Rejectingdbothdsocialdnormsdanddthedtypicaldwaysdsocialdnormsdaredachieveddisdandexampledofdwhat?
a. innovation
b. ritualism
c. retreatism
d. rebellion

4. Whichdofdthedfollowingdisdandinstrumentaldtask?
a. socializingd children
b. preparingddinner
c. fixingdthedfence
d. settlingdadconflict

5. AccordingdtodParsons,d
isdbaseddondthedconceptdofdwhatdisdbiologicallydpredetermineddvs.dwhatdisdearned.
a. diffuseness/specificity
b. affectivity/affectived neutral
c. ascription/achievement
d. collectivity/self

6. ThedleadingdthinkerdofdfunctionalismdindAmericadwas
a. EmiledDurkheim.
b. TalcottdParsons.
c. WesleydBurr.



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d. RubendHill.
e. Alfredd Radcliffe-Brown.

7. Accordingdtodstructuraldfunctionalism,dwhichdisdthedBenchmarkdFamily?
a. thedhistoricdextendeddfamily
b. well-functioningdblendedd families
c. traditionaldintactdnucleardfamily
d. whateverdfamilydstructuredbestdrespondsdtodthedsocietaldpressuresdatdhand
e. nonedofdthedabove

8. Thedtraditionaldfamilydwithdadworkingdhusband,dstay-at-homedwife,danddtheirdchildrendisdcalleddthe
familydindstructuredfunctionalismdtheory.
a. functional
b. benchmark
c. Hollywood
d. normal

9. Whendadman/husbanddbecomesdaddrugdaddictdtodavoiddbothdthedrewardsdofdsocietydanddthedf
rustrationsdofdtryingdtodattaindthem,dwhichddeviantdbehaviordisdhedenacting?
a. conformity
b. innovation
c. ritualism
d. retreatism
e. rebellion

10. AccordingdtodMurdockd(1949)dwhichdisdNOTdonedofdthedfourduniversaldfamilydfunctions?
a. love
b. reproduction
c. socialization
d. economicddivisiondofdlabor

11. IndcontrastdtodMurdock’sdfindingd(indSmithdanddHamon)dthatdsocietydhasdsucceededdindfindingdanda
dequatedsubstitutedfordthednucleardfamily
a. EdithdClarkednoticeddthatdfathersdaredmissingdfromdlower-
classdJamaciandfamiliesdsodthedstructuredisdadmother-childddyad.
b. MilforddSpirodasserteddthatdsocializationdanddeconomicdfunctionsdarednotdprovideddbydthedf
amilydindthedIsraelidKibbutz.
c. Leeddemonstrateddthatdfathersddodnotdlivedwithdordprovidedfordtheirdfamiliesdordhelpds
ocializedtheirdchildrendamongdthedNayardofdIndia.
d. Alldofdthedabovedaredtrue.

12. Adchiefdreasondfordtheddeclinedindpopularitydofdstructuraldfunctionalismdisdthat
a. itdisdonlydusefuldfordcross-culturaldresearch.
b. itdignoresdwithindfamilydinteraction.
c. itdconfusesd“function”dwithd“cause.”
d. itdisdtoodpoliticallydradical.




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