//Changing Family Patterns Flashcards
Which gender is responsible for most divorce petitions?
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What is the most common reason for a woman to be granted a divorce?
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Give three possible solutions to the breakdown of a marriage, apart from divorce.
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What is stigma?
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Why has the stigma surrounding divorce decreased?
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Define secularisation.
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Why might secularisation lead to more divorce?
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Why do couples have higher expectations of marriage today?
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Why are functionalists optimistic about marriage despite higher divorce rates?
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What aspect of rising divorce rates do functionalists fail to explain?
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Give four reasons for women’s increased financial independence today.
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What role does the dual burden play in causing an increased divorced rate?
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According to radical feminists, why are women more likely to file for divorce?
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How does individualism contribute to a higher divorce rate?
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What is the New Right view on high divorce rates?
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What is the feminists view on high divorce rates?
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What is the postmodernists and indivudalisation thesis’ view on high divorce rates?
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What is the functionalists view on high divorce rates?
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What is the interactionists view on high divorce rates?
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What is the personal life perspectives’ view on high divorce rates?
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Identify four changes in the pattern of marriage in recent years.
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Summarise why changing attitudes to marriage leads to changes in first marriages.
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Summarise why secularisation leads to changes in first marriages.
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Summarise why declining stigma attached to alternatives to marriage leads to changes in first marriages.
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Summarise why changes in the position in women leads to changes in first marriages.
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Summarise why fear of divorce leads to changes in first marriages.
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Why have remarriages increased?
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Why are couples marrying at a later age?
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Give two reasons why couples today may be less likely to get married in church.
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Define cohabitation.
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Note four patterns of cohabitation.
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Give four reasons for the increase in cohabitation.
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Identify two different ways in which cohabitation may be seen by couples.
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Identify three rights that are the same for same-sex couples and heterosexual couples.
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Explain what Weeks means by ‘chosen families’
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According to Weston, how have same-sex relationships changed since the 1970s?
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What has been the impact of legal acceptance on same-sex couples?
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Why might some gay people see legal recognition of same-sex relationships as limiting?
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Note the three patterns of one-person households today.
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Give two reasons for the increased number of one-person households
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Give two reasons why couples may choose to live apart.
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Note the three patterns of childbearing today.
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Give two reasons for the changes in patterns of childbearing.
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Give two reasons for the rise in the number of lone-parent families.
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Give three reasons why lone-parent families tend to be headed by women.
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Give two reasons why some women may be ‘single by choice’.
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What reason does Murray give for the increase in lone-parent families?
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What is meant by a ‘perverse incentive’?
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What is meant by the term ‘dependency culture’?
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According to Murray, what is the solution to the dependency culture?
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Give four reasons why lone-parent families are likely to be in poverty.
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Why are the children in stepfamilies more likely to be from the woman’s previous relationship
rather than the man’s?.
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Why might stepfamilies face poverty?
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What tensions might exist in stepfamilies?
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Which ethnic group has the highest, and which has the lowest number of married couples (include statistics)?
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Which ethnic group has the highest, and which has the lowest number of cohabiting couples (include statistics)?
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Which ethnic group has the highest, and which has the lowest number of lone parents (include statistics)?
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Suggest two reasons why black families are more likely to be lone-parent families than
families in other ethnic groups.
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Why does Mirza argue that the statistics on lone-parent black families may not reflect the true situation?
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. Identify two reasons why Asian households tend to be larger than those other ethnic groups.
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Summarise the evidence in Charles’ study for the continued existence of the extended family today.
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Summarise the evidence in Wilmott’s study for the continued existence of the extended family today.
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Summarise the evidence in Chamberlain’s study for the continued existence of the extended family today.
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Summarise the evidence in Bell’s study for the continued existence of the extended family today.
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Identify two features of the ‘beanpole’ family.
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Which two demographic changes have encouraged the ‘beanpole’ family?
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List the order of obligation to help with household tasks that Cheal identifies.
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Which gender is more likely to be chosen as a caregiver?
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