1. SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY – 1) Functionalism
VALUE CONSENSUS & SOCIAL ORDER
PARSONS – ideas?
SYSTEM
INTEGRATION OF INDIVIDUALS
1) Socialisation
NEEDS
FUNCTIONS
2) Control

2. PARSON’S MODEL OF THE SOCIAL SYSTEM – THE BUILDING BLOCK APPROACH.
Draw it (p222 middle para, first column)!
THE SYSTEM’S NEEDS
1)
2)
3)
4)

3. What are the types of Society as viewed by Merton, and how do societies change from one to the other?
Traditional Modern
Ascription
Diffuseness
How do societies change
Particularism from one to the other?
Affectivity
Collective Orientation

4. Imagine this box represents
Functionalism. Some criticisms of
Parsons have come from WITHIN the
Functionalist School, whilst others
have come from OUTSIDE. Write the
internal criticisms ON the box, and
write the external criticisms OUTSIDE.
‘Assess the strengths and weaknesses of the functionalist approach to society’ (33 marks)

5. Now – is it USEFUL in examining the parts of society we have studied?
USEFUL NOT SO USEFUL
Family
Education
Beliefs
Crime &
Deviance