family case studies

Question 1

amala and kamala

Answer 1

(1920)two girls who were rescued from a wolfs den in India,they howled at the moon and crawled on all fours

Question 2

isabelle

Answer 2

spent the first 6 years of her life in a dark room with her mother who was deaf and couldnt speak

Question 3

conclusions about non-socialised children?(4)

Answer 3

.children have the ability to learn
.Socialisation is essential to become full members of a society. The genes we inherit only give us the potential to become members of a society
.Some children can recover if their early socialisation is disrupted(isabelle)
.If language learning stars too late it may never be able to develop

Question 4

Young and willmotts study of Bethnal Green+white working class community in east london

Answer 4

(1957) They found most people belong to extended families . Families were matrilocal

Question 5

Murdocks comparison of societies

Answer 5

(1945) compared 205 different societies and found the nuclear family in each one. He claimed they were ‘universal’

Question 6

Kathleen Goughs study into ‘the nayar’

Answer 6

Found in India the 1800’s, the woman married a ‘ritual husband’ before puberty but had no relationship with him She also had 12 ‘visiting husbands’ who would spend the night with her

Question 7

Gavron and young

Answer 7

(2006) extended families almost dissapeared from white communities but common over Bangladeshis

Question 8

Sue Sharp on marriage

Answer 8

(2001) questioned 11-16 yr olds ,they said marriage was a choice rather than a necessity. Boys were keener than girls. Lower class girls didn’t think boys would make reliable partners.

Question 9

conclusions of rodgers and pryor(1998) study of how divorce effects children

Answer 9

• short term distress
• risk of long term problems
• parents ability to cope bc conflict and absence of parent