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1
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What type of family has many generations but not many in each generation?

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Bean pole

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Which sociologist coined the term ‘Warm Bath Theory’?

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Parsons

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3
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Name one way in which childhood could be said to be toxic.

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Junk food, technology and video games, lack of parental engagement

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Which sociologist is associated with the ‘sociology of personal life’?

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Carol Smart

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Which sociologist thinks that childhood is disappearing?

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Postman

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Identify one government policy from the last 40 years which has impacted the family.

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Children’s Act, Civil Partnerships, Child Support Agency, Paternity Leave, New Deal, Gay Marriage Act, Sex Discrimination Act, Equal Pay Act

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Which sociologist completed a study looking at housewives and housework?

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Anne Oakley

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What is the triple shift?

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Emotional work, paid work, domestic labour

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Which family type has the mother in charge?

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Matrifocal

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10
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Which perspective believes that the traditional family is disintegrating which is leading to the collapse of society?

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New Right

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What is the general trend in births since 1900?

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Decline

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Give one reason for rise in divorce.

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Divorce Reform Act, secularisation, less stigma, rise in expectations, changing role of women

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What is a social norm?

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Unwritten rule of behaviour

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Define the term infant mortality rate.

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Number of infant deaths before their first birthday per thousand live births per year

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What is the difference between an arranged marriage and a forced marriage?

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Arranged marriage means they still have choice, but a forced marriage doesn’t have choice and is illegal

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16
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How often is the UK census completed?

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10 years

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17
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What is migration?

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The movement from one country to another

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What term is used to describe a family where there are multiple wives?

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Polygamy

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What is a symmetrical family?

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Where there is equality between the partners in terms of domestic labour and decision making

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What is the definition of fertility rate?

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The average number of children a woman can have during her childbearing years (15-45)

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What is the expressive role?

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The emotional support and caring role

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22
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Which sociologist is associated with toxic childhood?

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Sue Palmer

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23
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Which sociologist is associated with the cushioning effect?

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Zaretsky

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24
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What does the term ‘dark side of the family’ refer to?

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Abuse and violence in the family

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What is a neo-conventional family?

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Dual earning family with traditional roles

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26
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What are the 5 types of diversity according to the Rapaports?

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Cultural, life course, organisational, generational, social class

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27
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Give one reason for the rise in cohabitation.

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Secularisation, less stigma, women’s financial independence, rising disillusionment with marriage

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28
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Who are the two main Functionalist thinkers who discuss the family?

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Murdock and Parsons

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29
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What are the 4 functions of the family according to Murdock?

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Meeting it’s members economic needs, reproduction of the next generation, primary socialisation, stable saris of sex drive

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30
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What is the definition of death rate?

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Number of deaths per year per thousand of the population

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31
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What are three types of Feminism?

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Radical, Liberal, Marxist, Difference

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32
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What is the postmodernist view of the family?

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We create the family that suits our needs at that moment time

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33
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What is meant by joint conjugal roles?

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Partners share the domestic labour and leisure time

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34
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What is the term for when society and families focus on the needs of the children?

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Child centred

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35
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Define the term family.

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A group of people bonded by blood or legal means

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36
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What is the divorce rate?

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Number of divorces per thousand married couples per year

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37
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Who is associated with the negotiated family and individualisation theory?

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Beck

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38
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What is the general trend in marriages in the past 50 years?

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Decline

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39
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Identity one inequality between children and adults.

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Neglect, abuse, control over time, space, bodies and resources

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40
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Give one reason for the change in position of children.

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Introduction of compulsory schooling, Child Protection Legislation, children’s rights, declining family size

41
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What is a pure relationship?

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A relationship that is held together by choice and love, not tradition or social norms

42
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Give one reason for the rise in the symmetrical family.

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Changing role of women, geographical mobility, new technology, higher standards of living

43
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What is age patriarchy?

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Adult domination over children

44
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Who believed that childhood isn’t disappearing but changing?

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Opie

45
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Which sociologists are associated with the March of Progress view?

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Willmott and Young

46
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What is the difference between emigration and immigration?

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Emigration is leaving the country, immigration is entering

47
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Who looked into the historical differences in childhood?

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Aries

48
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What is the information hierarchy?

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The division between adults who can read and children who can’t

49
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Pahland Vogler identified two ways that money is controlled in the family. What are they?

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Pooling and allowance system

50
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What is the dependency ratio?

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The relationship between the working population and non-working/dependant population

51
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What is meant by fictive kin?

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Friends that’s you treat as family

52
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Who suggested that domestic violence is caused by patriarchy and the need for men to assert their power over women?

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Dobash and Dobash

53
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What is the duel burden?

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Domestic labour and emotional support

54
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Which perspective sees the rising divorce rate as meaning that people have more choice over their lives?

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Postmodernism

55
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What is the instrumental role?

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The breadwinner and disciplinarian of the family, usually the male

56
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What is meant by a social construct?

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Social phenomena that is created and varies from society to society

57
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Give one reason for the decline in birth rate.

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Changing role of women, introduction of contraception, decline in infant mortality rate, child centeredness, children as economic liabilities

58
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Give one reason for the rise of lone parent families.

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Changing role of women, rise of divorce, single by choice, fertility technology

59
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Who is associated with the cultural explanation for the domestic division of labour?

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Gurshuny, Man Yee Kan, Dunne

60
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Who investigated the Tikopia tribe in relation to Children?

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Mirth

61
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Give one reason for the decline in death rate.

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Improved nutrition, medical improvements, smoking and diet, decline in dangerous manual occupations, better public health measures

62
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What is meant by life expectancy?

A

How long the average person will live for

63
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What is net migration?

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The difference between the number of people leaving a country and the number of people who enter it

64
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Who argued against Postman stating that childhood was not disappearing?

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Opie

65
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How does the family support capitalism according to the Marxists?

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Inheritance of wealth, passing on of private property, unit of consumption, providing the next generation of workers

66
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Give one impact of an ageing population.

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Higher dependency ratio, more extended family, more demand for social services

67
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Who is the main thinker in the New Right?

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Charles Murray

68
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What is the sociological CAGE?

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Class, age, gender, ethnicity

69
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What did Parsons mean by ‘functional fit’?

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Families change structure to fit the needs of society

70
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What is a LAT?

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Living apart together

71
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What is a reconstituted family?

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Step family. Partners bring children from a previous relationship to a new relationship

72
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What is a extended family?

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3 or more generations living in close proximity to each other (includes grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc)

73
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What does patriarchy mean?

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Male domination in society

74
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What type of family was most prominent in pre-industrial society?

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Extended family

75
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What type of household counted for 11% of all households in 2011?

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Single person

76
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Which sociologist is associated with the neo-conventional family?

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Chester

77
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What is an empty nest family?

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Where the children have grown up and left home

78
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In what 4 ways do adults control children?

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Space, time, resources, bodies

79
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What is an endogamous marriage?

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Marriage with the same ethnic group, social class or religion

80
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What is a household?

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A group of people who live under the same roof, share bills and resources but are not related by blood of legal means

81
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What is the difference between a refugee and an asylum seeker?

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Refugee has status in the country whereas an asylum seeker doesn’t yet

82
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Give one reason why families have become more cho centred.

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Less children, more resources, laws

83
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Name the four types of marital breakdown.

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Divorce, separation, annulment, empty shell

84
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What is serial monogamy?

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Sexually exclusive relationships that follow one after the other

85
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What is meant by a sandwich generation?

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The generation that is looking after both their own children and their elderly parents at the same time

86
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Name one way that Postman suggest that childhood is disappearing.

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Information hierarchy, crime, sexualisation, blurring of responsibilities

87
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What term did Parsons use to explain the process of social institutions changing to fit the needs of society?

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Structural differentiation

88
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What do radical feminists men why political lesbianism?

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Getting rid of sexual politics by only having sex won’t other women regardless of sexuality

89
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What is confluent love?

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A relationship that only lasts as long as it is convenient and meets expectations

90
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How did Aries investigate the historical relativity of childhood?

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Though pictures and paintings

91
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What term is used by Parsons to describe the role of the breadwinner and disciplinarian of the family?

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Instrumental role

92
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Give two reasons why domestic violence is under reported.

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Fear, belief they deserve it, not knowing they are a victim

93
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In which ethnic group are matrifocal single parent families most common?

A

Afro-Caribbean

94
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What term is used to describe a marriage with more that two parents?

A

Polyamory

95
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What is an ascribed status?

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The status that you are born with

96
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What is the difference between empty nest and empty shell marriage?

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Empty nest means children have left home. Empty shell marriage means there’s no more love between the partners but usually stay together for the children

97
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Before the Divorce Reform Act what three reasons could be given by a woman for wanting divorce?

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Abuse, abandonment, adultery

98
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What are the three main causes of domestic violence?

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Husband’s expectations regarding a woman’s domestic work, possessiveness and sexual jealousy, allocation of family resources (money), crisis of masculinity

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