about Family in 1950s

Introduction

A significant number of researches have focused on the family to develop insights to social development . This is not a recent or unique trend family life is considered as the core of social learning of every individual . One of the key researches that have focused on family was conducted by Talcott Parsons . He gained acclaim in the 1950 's for their theories in small group communication and socialization as illustrated by families . In this essay , theories about the concept and mechanism of families in the 1950 's will evaluated and it

will be then determined that they have lost their relevance is true . This will particularly highlighted in consideration of the succeeding research regarding families and social groups . Thus , the will be able to show insights on the social research on families and how previous researches are not adequate to develop in the 1950 's have been unable to accommodate current social contexts

Background

Parson 's advocated the unification of social sciences into a unified theoretical framework which would be eventually known as structural functionalism (Parsons , 1955 . Parson worked closely in his study of group dynamics with Bales . The latter 's study emphasizes the intimacy of relationships in small groups (Parsons et al , 1953 . Furthermore , he emphasized that small groups which include families have distinct characteristics : communication is fast and shifts to balance group cohesion and objectives , shifts are focused on opinion exchange and group values reinforcement following and linear phase model and that there are specific ratios of expressed opinion based on degree of member participation . Bales perspective implies that within a family communication is more efficient than in larger social groups , that individual belief systems are balance with group interests and that expression of opinions or ideas are based on the level of involvement in the family (Hochschild and Machung , 2003

Influenced by their partnership and his own systems theory , Parson stated that people act according to an action system which was made up of related behaviors of individuals within the society in the context of the environment (Coontz , 1997 . In this perspective , families belong to the societal community or the social integration of the various components of that society . He regarded Western civilization highly and considered American society in turn to be its best example which in turn implied that American social life and subsequently it 's ideal of family to of the same value (Parsons , 1955 . Thus the life patterns established and reinforced by American family life serve as foundation of social and success

Analysis

In the work of both Parson and Bales , there is significant emphasis on the idea of a model family which in turn is the foundation of model citizenry and society . They also both emphasize the advantages of belonging to a family , or kinship organizations , and the traditional roles of parents and children . The implication is that being a member of a family and fulfilling one 's role in that family is fundamental to not only the social identity...