What term is used by Talcott Parsons and Robert Bales to refer to an emphasis on tasks, a focus on more distant goals, and a concern for the external relationship between one's family and other social institutions?

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Lainey Merritt

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31 August, 19:27

What term is used by Talcott Parsons and Robert Bales to refer to an emphasis on tasks, a focus on more distant goals, and a concern for the external relationship between one's family and other social institutions?

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Autumn Atkins · Answer 1

Instrumentality

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The term that is used by Talcott Parsons and Robert Bales to refer to an emphasis on tasks, a focus on more distant goals and a concern for the external relationship between one's family and other social institutions is instrumentality. Parsons and Bales conducted a functionalist analysis of gender roles. They divided roles into expressive and instrumental roles. The instrumental role that emphasizes on tasks and distant goals is performed by men. The expressive role is performed by women.