Family forms & diversity

Question 1

Why do we have families?

Answer 1

Ascribed status
Role models 
protection
Nurturing
Primary socialisation
Financial support 
Emotional support
Reproduction

Question 2

Define the family

Answer 2

A group of consisting of parents and children living together in a household

Question 3

Define cereal packet family

Answer 3

Society’s idea of the family through adverts ect

Question 4

Define empty shell marriage

Answer 4

The parents are together for their kids but are unhappy

Question 5

How has the family changed since the 1950s?

Answer 5

House husband 
Adoption risen 
Cohabitation increase
Women breadwinner
Divorce decrease
Paternity leave
Intra racial relationships
Matriarchal family
Same sex couples

Question 6

What is family diversity?

Answer 6

Not having one dominant family type as modern household arrangements are far too complicated

Question 7

What is the extended family?

Answer 7

All kin including and beyond the nuclear family

Question 8

What is the classic extended family?

Answer 8

Sharing the same household or live close by

Question 9

What is the modified extended family?

Answer 9

They live far apart but keep in touch

Question 10

What is the beanpole family?

Answer 10

Long and thin and multi generational family with fewer children but their living together

Question 11

What is a cohabiting family?

Answer 11

A couple who live together but are not married

Question 12

What is the reconstituted family?

Answer 12

One or both partners have previously married with children from previous relationships

Question 13

What is a lone parent family?

Answer 13

Single parent with dependent children through choice or relationship breakdown

Question 14

What is a symmetrical family?

Answer 14

Authority and household tasks shared equally

Question 15

What is it called when couples have a household each but maintain a close partnership?

Answer 15

Living apart together

Question 16

What is the nuclear family?

Answer 16

Just the parents and children, living together in one household. Two generational

Question 17

What is monogamy?

Answer 17

Having one partner at a time

Question 18

What is a serial monogamy?

Answer 18

A series of relationships consisting of one partner at a time

Question 19

What is polygamy?

Answer 19

Having more than one partner at the same time

Question 20

What is polygyny?

Answer 20

When a husband has more than one wife

Question 21

What is polyandry?

Answer 21

When a wife has more than one husband

Question 22

What is secularisation?

Answer 22

The decline in religion

Question 23

What year was the divorce reform act?

Answer 23

1969

Question 24

What year was homosexuality legal to over 21s?

Answer 24

1967

Question 25

What year was the civil partnership created?

Answer 25

2004

Question 26

What year was gay marriage legal?

Answer 26

2013

Question 27

What year was the equal pay act?

Answer 27

1970

Question 28

When did rape become illegal in marriage?

Answer 28

1991

Question 29

When was the 1st wave of feminism?

Answer 29

1900s when they tried to get the vote

Question 30

When was the second wave of feminism?

Answer 30

1960/70s when they promoted social equality, equal pay and oppertunity

Question 31

What was the NHS created?

Answer 31

1940s

Question 32

When was the contraceptive pill available for married women and when for all women?

Answer 32

1961 | 1967

Question 33

When was abortion legalised?

Answer 33

1967

Question 34

In 1960s how many married women were full time housewives?

Answer 34

2/3 which reduced to 1/2 in 1970

Question 35

When was homosexuality decriminalised?

Answer 35

1967

Question 36

When was child support agency established?

Answer 36

1993 to chase absent fathers for money

Question 37

When was new deal providing financial support for childcare?

Answer 37

1998

Question 38

When was the human rights act stopping attacks on lone parents?

Answer 38

1998

Question 39

When was the civil partnership introduced?

Answer 39

2004

Question 40

When could same sex couples adopt?

Answer 40

2004

Question 41

When was same sex marriage legal?

Answer 41

2013 by the coalition government

Question 42

When was the cut to social care budget for elderly?

Answer 42

2015

Question 43

In 2016 what % of households were nuclear

Answer 43

25%

Question 44

Advantages of polygamy

Answer 44

``` Wealthier More kids Don’t ahve to split inheritance More role models More emotional support Share domestic work ```

Question 45

Disadvantages of polygamy

Answer 45

``` Jealousy Less attention from parent More expensive Higher chance of std Exploits men/women ```

Question 46

Factors causing family to change

Answer 46

``` Changing norms and values Legal changes Economic changes Changing in technology Feminism ```

Question 47

Family in 1950

Answer 47

Nuclear family dominant and clear division of labour Marrying young for life is norm, difficult to divorce On average women completed chores for 11 hours a day, 7 days a week

Question 48

Family in 1960s/70s

Answer 48

``` Equal pay act 1970 Second wave feminism Contraceptive pull for married 1961 All women 1967 1960s 2/3 women full time housewife 1970 reduced to 1/2 Decriminalisation of homosexuality 1967 ```