Family diversity

Question 1

Many sociologists see the ___ family as ___ and ___.

Answer 1

Nuclear
Universal
Normal

Question 2

Edholm (1982) argues the nuclear family is ___ ___ and therefore there is nothing ___ about it.

Answer 2

Socially constructed

Natural

Question 3

There is evidence of ___ family diversity in ___ societies.

Answer 3

Increased

Western

Question 4

Some sociologists admit no one really knows what a ___ is.

Answer 4

Family

Question 5

Oakley (1982) described the image of the typical, conventional family; legally ___ couples with one or more ___.

Answer 5

Married

Children

Question 6

Leach (1967) called the conventional family the ___ ___ image of the family.

Answer 6

Cereal packet

Question 7

Thorne (1992) said the ___ family is the only ___ family form.

Answer 7

Monolithic

Legitimate

Question 8

Thorne (1992) believes the focus on the ___ neglects other areas.

Answer 8

Family

Question 9

The Rapoports (1982) pointed out that in ___, ___% of families consisted of ___ couples with ___ and a ___ breadwinner.

Answer 9

1978
20
Married
Children
Sole

Question 10

Rhona Rapoport (1989) argued ___ is a ___ trend.

Answer 10

Diversity

Global

Question 11

Organisational diversity is variation in family ___, ___ type, patterns of ___ and ___ networks.

Answer 11

Structure
Household
Labour
Kinship

Question 12

Cultural diversity is differences in ___ of families of different ___ ___.

Answer 12

Lifestyle

Ethnic origin

Question 13

Social class diversity is differences between ___ and ___ class families in terms of ___ and the way children are ___.

Answer 13

Middle
Working
Relationships
Socialised

Question 14

Life cycle diversity is differences that result from the ___ the family is at in it’s life cycle.

Answer 14

Stage

Question 15

Cohort diversity refers to the ___ of time in which the family passed through different stages of the ___ ___.

Answer 15

Period
Life
Cycle

Question 16

Eversley and Bonnerjea (1982) added ___ ___ to the Rapoport’s study.

Answer 16

Regional

Diversity

Question 17

Allan and Crow (2001) argue there is now more ___ and there is no longer a clear family ___.

Answer 17

Diversity

Cycle

Question 18

There is evidence of ___ acceptance of ___-___ relationships.

Answer 18

Increased
Same
Sex

Question 19

___ ___ is beginning to treat all couples ___.

Answer 19

Social
Policy
Equally

Question 20

Weeks (1999) stated that ___ tolerance has led to a rise in same-sex ___ and ___.

Answer 20

Increased
Cohabitation
Relationships

Question 21

Cheal (2002) says many ___ and ___ wish to retain a status of ___.

Answer 21

Gays
Lesbians
Difference

Question 22

Weeks et al (1999) found that ___ look upon their families as ___.

Answer 22

Gays

Chosen

Question 23

Roseneil (2005) believes the ___ is breaking down.

Answer 23

Heteronorm

Question 24

The heteronorm is the idea that an intimate relationship between a ___ and a ___ is ___.

Answer 24

Man
Woman
Normal

Question 25

Roseneil (2005) argues there is a ___ of ___ between ___ relationships.

Answer 25

Blurring
Boundaries
Sexual

Question 26

___ ___ ___ have allowed ___ to have children.

Answer 26

New
Reproductive
Technologies
Homosexuals

Question 27

Macionis and Plumber (1997) argue that with ___ ___ ___ you do not really know who the ___ is.

Answer 27

New
Reproductive
Technologies
Mother

Question 28

New reproductive technologies have a lot of ___ ___.

Answer 28

Ethical

Issues

Question 29

Over ___% of children are now born outside marriage.

Answer 29

40

Question 30

Women are now having children ___ and having ___ of them.

Answer 30

Later

Fewer

Question 31

Lone parent families make up ___% of all families.

Answer 31

24

Question 32

Murray (1984) sees growth of lone parents as the ___ of the ___ ___.

Answer 32

Fault
Welfare
State

Question 33

Step-families are often called ___ families.

Answer 33

Reconstituted

Question 34

Ferri and Smith (1998) found that step-families are very ___ to first families in all respects, however are more at risk of ___.

Answer 34

Similar

Poverty

Question 35

Allan and Crow (2001) say step-families face problems of ___ ___.

Answer 35

Divided

Loyalty

Question 36

Cohabitation involves an ___ couple in a ___ relationship living ___.

Answer 36

Unmarried
Sexual
Together

Question 37

Chester (1985) argues ___ is part of the process of getting ___.

Answer 37

Cohabitation

Married

Question 38

Macklin (1980) says every couple is ___ and you can’t ___ them.

Answer 38

Different

Compare

Question 39

The dispersed extended family consists of two or more ___ living apart who ___ with one another.

Answer 39

Relatives

Co-operate

Question 40

Brannen (2003) argues that dispersed extended families have strong ___ links but weak ___ links.

Answer 40

Intergenerational

Intragenerational

Question 41

Contemporary family structures are characterised as the __ family, as they are ___ (many generations alive) and ___ (fewer children born).

Answer 41

Beanpole
Long
Thin

Question 42

A one person household is called a ___.

Answer 42

Singleton

Question 43

Stein (1976) says a growing number of people are opting for ___ ___, the choice to live alone.

Answer 43

Creative

Singlehood

Question 44

LATS = ___ ___ ___

Answer 44

Living
Apart
Together

Question 45

Duncan and Philips (2008) found ___% of adults are in a ___ but not married or cohabiting.

Answer 45

10

Relationship

Question 46

An extended family is ___ or more generations.

Answer 46

3

Question 47

___ have a higher percentage of ___ ___ households.

Answer 47

Blacks
Single
Parent

Question 48

___, ___ and ___ families tend to be largest.

Answer 48

Bangladeshi
Pakistani
Indian

Question 49

Bhatti (1999) found a continuing emphasis on ___ and ___ and clashes between parents and children over ___ in Asian households. ___ ___ was also very important.

Answer 49

Tradition
Loyalty
Marriage
Family
Honour

Question 50

The extended family is still widespread among ___ ___.

Answer 50

Ethnic

Minorities

Question 51

Charles (2005) found the ___ ___ was extinct in Swansea with the exception of the ____ community.

Answer 51

Extended
Family
Bangladeshi

Question 52

Willmott (1998) says the extended family lives on in the form of the ___ extended family.

Answer 52

Dispersed

Question 53

Silva and Smart (1999) argued ___ households are becoming ___ acceptable.

Answer 53

Alternative

Increasingly

Question 54

Eversley and Bonnerjea (1982) say ___ ___ affects the family.

Answer 54

Social

Class

Question 55

___ of social class may affect the ___.

Answer 55

Inequalities

Family

Question 56

Cheal (1993) says society has entered a new ___ post-___ stage.

Answer 56

Chaotic

Modern

Question 57

Giddens (1992) argues the family has been changed by greater ___, more ___, contraception, ___ independence and ___ stability in relationships.

Answer 57

Divorce
Equality
Women’s
Less

Question 58

Beck (1992) says we live in a ___ society.

Answer 58

Risk

Question 59

Stacey (1998) says greater ___ has benefited women.

Answer 59

Choice

Question 60

Weeks (2000) identified a long term shift in ___ in the ___.

Answer 60

Attitude

1950’s

Question 61

___ and the ___ ___ are against family diversity.

Answer 61

Functionalists

New Right

Question 62

___-___ and ___ are pro family diversity.

Answer 62

Post-modernists

Feminists

Question 63

Reasons for increased diversity include; changes in ___, marriage and ___, demographic ___, changing ___ attitudes, changes in the ___ of women, secularisation, ___ support from the state and changes in the ___.

Answer 63

Divorce
Cohabitation
Changes
Social
Position
Welfare
Law

Question 64

Life course analysis focuses on the ___ given to actions.

Answer 64

Meanings