Question

question 6 5 pts drawing on the functionalist perspective, talcott parsons and robert bales maintained that families should occasionally alternate between having instrumental and expressive leaders. should make the instrumental leader subordinate to the expressive leader. should assign women to be the instrumental leader. need both an instrumental and an expressive leader.

Explanation:

Talcott Parsons and Robert Bales, from a functionalist perspective, proposed that families have different roles. The instrumental leader focuses on tasks like providing resources (more associated with men in their view historically), and the expressive leader focuses on emotional support and maintaining group harmony (more associated with women in their model). They argued families need both these complementary roles for smooth functioning.

• The first option about alternating is wrong as they saw a division of these two stable roles.
• The second option of instrumental being subordinate is incorrect; they were seen as different but both necessary.
• The third option of assigning women as instrumental goes against their traditional gender - role assignment (women as expressive in their model).

Answer:

need both an instrumental and an expressive leader.