Family Flashcards

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Function

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The job that something does

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Primary socialisation

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The early childhood learning of the basics

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Nuclear family

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A father, a mother and their children

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Extended family

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Other relatives beyond parents and children, such as grandparents and cousins

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Lone parent family

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A single parent and their children

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Reconstituted family

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One or both partners having children from a previous relationship

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Family diversity

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A range of different types of family

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Cohabitation

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Two Partners living together, without being married or in a civil partnership

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Conjugal relationship

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The relationship between a married or cohabiting couple

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Domestic division of labour

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How jobs around the house are shared

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Joint conjugal roles

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When a married or cohabiting couple share jobs around the house in an equal way

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Symmetrical family

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Martners carrying out different tasks but each making a simular contribution around the home

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Breadwinner

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The person who earns the money to support the family

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Segregated conjugal roles

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When married or cohabiting couples share jobs around the house in an unequal way

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Dual career family

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Both adults having their own occupations

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Double shift

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The 2 shifts of work that many married or cohabiting women Carry Out by taking charge of housework and childcare on top of their paid jobs

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Patriarchal

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Things that are dominated by men, where men have authority and power over women

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Child rearing

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Bringing up children

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Arranged marriage

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when the family or relatives take the lead in finding a suitable husband or wife for a family member

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Global context

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Takes into account the whole world

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Kibbutz

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A settlement in Israel where family and individuals live together as a community

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Conventional family

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The traditional nuclear family which was seen as the norm

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Canalisation

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The influencing of boys and girls by giving them gender specific toys

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Secularisation

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The process of becoming less religious or less influenced by religion

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Principle of stratified diffusion

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The idea that social changes start at the top of the social stratification system and work their way down

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Dysfunctional family

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A family which is not working together or supporting each other properly

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Monogamy

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The practice of being married to one person at a time

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Kinship networks

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The connections between people who are family and related to each other

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Pre industrial

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A time before engines and machinery were invented and used

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Contemporary

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Modern or current

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Separate spheres

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The split between the private world of the home and the public world of work

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Matriarchal

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Things that are dominated by women, where women have authority and power over men