Functionalism | Society and Culture | MCAT | Khan Academy

Functionalism is a theory of society that focuses on the structures that create the society and on how the society is able to remain stable. By Sydney Brown. . Created by Sydney Brown.
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I'm forcing myself to watch this. I also don't know why did i chose this major

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lmao I'm just here for myself although I am taking a sociology course.

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lol same, idk y i chose psych now. i need to write a paper abt this

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I’m also forcing myself to watch this and focusing on the time more than what she is saying...... I ruined my own life

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It's flowing over my head.

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I think life’s true dichotomy is that it’s both individualistic and functionalistic. It’s a singular system comprised by smaller systems of individuals. We’re simultaneously independent and interdependent all at once.

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Functionalism basically means, every single part of society serves a purpose to help society function properly and keep it stable.

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I think the movie Tinkerbell is a great example for this theory! 🧚‍♂

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This video really helped me study for class I even took good notes😊😊

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2:12 Every structure has a function that meets a need of the society, and all the structures work together to maintain a social equillibrium. ❤

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Latent functions - indirect effects of the institution

[@diymania7528]

Durkheim's main question: What holds a society together? How can it remain *stable* even with the disappearance/change of customs & traditions? Small societies are held together by similarities, with the individuals being independent while the society keeps functioning properly. Small societies grow into *large societies*, where individuals are *interdependant* on others.

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Everyone becomes dependant on one-another for their continued well-being, as their roles and occupations in society (with the needs of the society as a whole) evolving & changing.

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Specialized persons --> mutual interdependance 4:07

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The main cause of this Operations System is the growth of POPULATION while not having Enough LAND. This forces the specialization of people into certain occupations (already pre-existing), such as, the farmers in a village needing to focus only on farming and producing intensively at that, with other people needing to go on and take the roles that the farmers can't (don't have time or the means to) fulfill. This might be bc they are already busy farming, or because they have an already pre-existing talent in doing so (farming).

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Functionalism is all about balance. People nowadays have each and every funtion like one could be a teacher and another could be a student. Everyone in the society has their very own function without it then balance would be gone and it would utter the growth of the society.

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Structural functionalism:Another noted structural functionalist, Robert Merton (1910-2003), pointed out that social processes often have many functions. Manifest functions are the consequences of a social process that are sought or anticipated, while latent functions are the unsought consequences of a social process.

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I'm watching these videos to help me do a paper

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In functionalism, a change to either production, distribution, or coordination will force the others to adapt in order to maintain a stable state society. Social change upsets the equilibrium and threatens the mutual interdependence of the people within that society.

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Interdependence of the within that society

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2:20 - 3:01 Manifest & Latent Func.

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you're talking about structural funktionalism tho. functionalism (Malinowski) focuses more on the individual action

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Excellently illustrated cellular analogy.

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Functionalism: The principle that form follows function (as in evolutionary psychology) rather than function following form (as in learning theory, affective neuroscience), thus arriving at principles that are formal but not functional, and psychological principles that are true to form, dysfunctional. from Dr. Mezmer’s Dictionary of Bad Psychology

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but what about Emile Durkheim's concept of anomie? Surely that addresses social change and the individual; functionalism does address those things

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What is anomie?

[@DapaChrons]

@@unknownuser4664 essentially it's when there is a breakdown in social morality, values and standards - leading to disorder/problems in society. Imagine if you have higher morals and that no one else shares those morals. What happens? Do you pretend when you're around other people that you're just like them, or is conflict created? In Durkheim's book, anomie leads to a feeling of unbelonging and in some cases suicide Durkheim noticed that when societies/nations entered the industrialized era, they had a corresponding increase in suicide. The more "advanced" a society was, the higher the suicide rate. His theory was that religion (though he personally was agnostic or even atheist) gave everyone shared values and a connection, but as time went on, less and less people were going to church. Industrial societies also meant that if your father was a baker, and his father was a baker and so on, you didn't have to be. So if you failed, it was your own fault for failing in society rather than simply "the way things are" - a feeling of unbelonging and isolation is created because of this social change. There are other viewpoints on this theory of functionalism that I haven't read, just to be clear

[@unknownuser4664]

@@DapaChrons That was an interesting paragraph to read but this might be irrelevant but does collectivism play an important role in anomie? Since you are talking about the importance of religion because it helps gather around and connect with each others because of values and ethics

[@DapaChrons]

@@unknownuser4664 No prob! Yes but in a negative way. The definition of collectivism is a more of an unnatural binding of society, because it purposefully leaves people out, and so if they don't fit in, there will be "anomie." Of course the word "unnatural" would not be used by Durkheim; he saw society as more of a machine of functioning parts. So shared values is different from "collectivism," at least the way I see it. Just so you know, what I said before this response is the actual theory and what Durkheim said, but right here is more how my opinion in how Durkheim thought anomie would work

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Are you still in social sciences?

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equilibrium pfffaw Durkheim

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Can functions be broken apart?

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Society is just a social construct

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Functionalism focuses on the equilibrium of a society. Ok got it

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What subject do these videos come under? Anthropology?

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Sociology

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4:50 This last bit feels tact on, and like a subjective opinion. Not sure why it's included if it's not part of the explanation of the subject matter.

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Functionalism I what businesses like to do to employees. Give them one piece of the job and not understand the whole job, so that everything is dependent on others and you never get the full picture or have greater value than others. It also makes you have fewer skills and be less valuable than you should be and fewer skills to bring elsewhere. in the video, it makes no one but the food grower know how to feed themselves and are totally dependent on the social structure and your role in it. People won't survive if the grid shuts down and will have zero idea how to take care of themselves. That is the plan to keep control over the people. Messed up.

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This is structural functionalism and not just functionalism (Malinowski). Misleading video but clearly explains structural functionalism. But if anyone is looking for functionalism by Malinowski this is not it

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It's not misleading. Structural functionalism is still functionalism plus she said at the very beginning it's by Durkheim. You can easily click off.

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@@idiotsandwich7878 its misleading. Functionalism: institution are there to fullfill individual needs. Structural functionalism: Institutions are there to maintain the stability of society and individuals needs are insignificant.

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@@Ankitgupta-nv6dr you can still just click off quickly. it wasn’t that deep.

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I wonder how AI will fit into this.

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My IT degree brought me here.

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Functionalism does explain a lot, such as traditional gender roles, since the mother is the one giving birth to the baby, so it would make sense that she would do housework, and the father would do outside work. And according to functionalism, this changed due to industrialization, changing the needs of society. However, functionalism is incomplete. This is because humans are sinful. And because of human's sinful nature. And because Adam and Eve disobeyed God, Humans have sin, and as a result of sin, there are power dynamics. And there are some things that functionalism cannot explain that power dynamics can explain, such as racism, women being forced to be sexually submissive, and other things.

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The Happiest Sad Birthday Let me tell you a true story that sends an important message to all of us. Halleli, a 4-year-old girl from Jerusalem with special needs, wanted to celebrate her birthday with her friends from kindergarten. Her loving parents arranged for everything: the place, the food and sweets, a clown to entertain the kids, and various fun activities that all the children enjoy doing. All her friends from kindergarten had promised they would come, and Halleli couldn't wait to celebrate with them. But in the end, only one girl showed up. The candy, the clown, and the games just stood there, untouched and unwanted. The next day, heartbroken, the girl refused to go to kindergarten. Her parents were beside themselves with sorrow and worry for their child and didn't know how to comfort her. In his distress, Halleli's father posted on social media what had happened, and matters took a sharp turn for the better. A man from the neighborhood read the post and was overcome with emotion. "I have kids too," he thought. "What if she were my daughter?" He felt he had to do something to give that girl an experience that would wash away her sadness. He decided to throw her the birthday party of her life. He combed the neighborhood and told everyone about Halleli and that he was organizing a birthday party for her and asked everyone to come. A few days later, Halleli had her party. This time, hundreds of children and their parents showed up to make the little girl happy on her special day. Her parents were overjoyed and grateful beyond words to the kind stranger, and as for Halleli, her face beamed brighter than the sun. This story doesn't only tell us about human kindness. It is a warning sign. It demonstrates how heartless, perhaps even cruel, we can be if we are not organized and galvanized into positive action. It also proves the immense potential that lies in establishing mutual responsibility in society. When people who don't know each other help each other because this is the value they live by, there is no end to what such a society can achieve. The Jewish people became a nation when complete strangers found the words of their teacher, Abraham, compelling enough to implement. His teachings about kindness and mercy as the key to solving society's problems struck a chord in the hearts of his listeners and they joined his group. This is why mutual responsibility and "love your neighbor as yourself" are the tenets of Judaism - social laws that relate not to God but to our fellow person. Today, when alienation permeates every corner of human society, we desperately need mutual responsibility and care for others. These are the only qualities, the only values that can keep human society from collapsing altogether. Just as Abraham had found that the remedy to his homeland's social ills were care for others, all of us must now realize that the cure for heartlessness has not changed since ancient times. The only difference is that alienation has now spread throughout the world. Humanity must do today what the ancient Hebrews did - unite across divisions and establish love of others where today there is nothing but hatred. Perhaps such moving stories as the one about Halleli's birthday will help us realize that mutual responsibility is not a noble but unrealistic notion, but an imperative step we must take to ensure our survival as a functioning society.

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Question why don't we focus more on maintaining a balanced structure instead of focusing on one side, i feel that if we eliminate money and adopt a utopian system were we must depend on each other just like functionalism but instead of going to work every day we can just work together to obtain certain materials to build houses and buildings we can all work with each other. trading food and clothes. even making them. instead of working for each other. everyone can be maintained under there current will to be maintained. so there is a balance of survival and growth. people can obtain whatever they please as long as they have the space to carry it.

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have you read The Conquest of Bread?

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[@Brendacho]

Eliminating “money” will not eliminate the art of exchange. All that would do is set humanity back a few millenia and eventually lead to the adoption of centralized currency after long enough. Unfortunately, utopian views of the world rarely account for ambition. Self interest will almost always trump your “greater good”, and that’s not necessarily a bad thing.

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Wala ko maintindihan

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oe chevo que se siente ser del hijo del madrid digo del barca y que se siente estar en la segunda division de la champions digo la europa league y que se siente tener menos de la mitad de champions que tu padre digo el madrid

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muy bien, gracias por 'reguntar... 4-0 5-0 6-2 jsjsjsjs y si... talvez este en la europa league pero la ganemos LE GANAN AL PSG PERO NO AL BARCA ¡GRANDE XAVI! VISCA EL BARCA

[@marceloossio3708]

@@chevo12jeta63 bueno queria agregar que despues de 6 clasicos perdidos ya tocaba ganar uno no ? bueno sigo esas goleadas fueron tna importantes que ganamos la champions esos años o ganamos las ligas y tipo entiendo que la palabra champions no se te haga tan conocida pero puedo usar la palabra primera division de la europa league pero bueno lo imortnate es que los hijos seran hijos eternos ala madrid

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@@marceloossio3708 ° Mucho texto ° merenguito resentido jsjsjsjs

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@@chevo12jeta63 muchos lloros blaugrana perdedor y lloron pd: europa league