Module 2 : Institutions

Lecture 5 : Questions

 

Questions

  1. Explain the functionalist perspective on the family.
  2. Describe the significance of the conflict theory in explaining family
  3. What is symbolic interactionism? How is family represented through symbolic interactionism?
  4. How is the feminist perspective of understanding the society different from functionalism and symbolic interactionism?
  5. Explain Beck and Beck-Gernsheim’s understanding of the concept of family.