defining family

Question 1

George Peter Murdock defines the family‘ as a social group characterised by

Answer 1

1. common residence
2. economic cooperation
3. reproduction
4. It includes adults of both sexes, at least two of whom maintain a socially approved sexual relationship,

Question 2

The Nuclear Family

Answer 2

two parents with biological children living in one household.

Question 3

The reconstituted family

Answer 3

two partners living in one household sharing parental duties for one or more children, but only one of them is the biological parent.

Question 4

The single parent family

Answer 4

one adult with one or more children living in one household

Question 5

The extended family

Answer 5

where relatives such as uncles/ aunts or grandparents reside permanently in the same household as those making up the nuclear family.

Question 6

Postmodern definitions of the family

Answer 6

a group of people who are related by either blood or marriage/ similar form of committed relationship’

Question 7

household

Answer 7

a group of people who share a residence in common and share such things as meals, bills, facilities or chores, or one person living alone

Question 8

4 functional prerequisites of the family according to mudock

Answer 8

1. sexual control(monogamy)
2. reproduction
3. socialising children
4. organising themselves to ensure survival through division of labour (paid work and unpaid domestic labour)