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Who argues that 'families are factories which produce human personalities’ ?

Who argues that 'families are factories which produce human personalities’ ? Correct Answer T. Parsons

Talcott parson argues that 'families are factories which produce human personalities’.

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  • Talcott parson (1953) argues that the nuclear family is the best type of family structure for society. The family ensures that children get “primary socialization”, which teaches them the central values of their society.
  • He describes the family as factories that produced human personalities, after these “human personalities are produced” they would have to be maintained through the “stabilization of adult personalities”.
  • “Primary socialization” and “stabilization of adult personalities” help the wheels of society turning. 
  • Primary socialisation is the socialisation which occurs during the early years of childhood. During the  process of socialisation a child’s personality is moulded so that the core values of the society it’s immersed in become part of that child. 
  • Stabilisation of adult personalities emphasises the emotional security found within marital relationships This acts to balance out the stresses and strains of everyday life faced by most adults. In addition the function of the family is to allow adults to ‘act out’ the ‘childish’ dimension of their personality by playing with their children, using their toys etc.

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