Families and households - Topic 1 (childhood)

Question 1

define: the shift from agriculture to factory production

Answer 1

industrialization

Question 2

define: a childhood with unfavourable and everlasting experiences - the child learns harmful traits which affect their life later on

Answer 2

toxic childhood

Question 3

Which sociologist: boys are more likely to be allowed to cross or cycle on roads, use buses, and go out after dark

Answer 3

Hillman (1993)

Question 4

Which sociologist: girls do more domestic labour especially in line parent families - 5x more than boys

Answer 4

Bonke (1999)

Question 5

Which sociologist: Asian parents were more likely than other parents to be strict towards daughters

Answer 5

Brannen (1994)

Question 6

Which sociologist: found izzat (family honour) could be a restriction on the behaviour of girls

Answer 6

Bhatti (1999)

Question 7

Define: the need to set children free from adult control

Answer 7

child liberationsim

Question 8

Which sociologist: calls inequalities between adults and children “age patriarchy”

Answer 8

Gittins (1998)

Question 9

Which sociologist: found that 1/4 of 200 women in their study left abusive relationships because they feared for their children’s safety

Answer 9

Humphreys and Thiara (2002)

Question 10

Which sociologist: children did the following: acting up and acting down

Answer 10

Hockey and James (1993)

Question 11

Define: acted like adults by doing things they were not meant to do e.g. smoking, drinking, swearing. Also they often exaggerate their age (I’m nearly 10)

Answer 11

Acting up

Question 12

Define: behaving in ways expected by younger children (e.g. reverting to baby talk or insisting on being carried)

Answer 12

Acting down

Question 13

Which sociologist: the future of childhood is that it is disappearing at a ‘dazzling’ rate

Answer 13

Postman (1994)