1. Compare and contrast other sociologist's and perspectives...
... his definition: "The family is a social group characterised by common residence, economic co-operation and reproduction. It includes adults of both sexes, at least two of whom maintain a socially approved sexual relationship, and one or more children, own or adopted, of the sexually cohabiting adults". Murdock was a functionalist therefore suggestively did not consider other alternatives to what a family could be, ... to me his definition of family is strong proof of his functionalist views. He believed the family had 4 functions: economic for provision of food, educational for socialisa...
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