Family & Households .1

Question 1

Nuclear Family

Answer 1

Parents of the opposite sex

Parents typically married or Co-habiting

Question 2

Extended Family

Answer 2

Nuclear family, includes grandparents and cousins

Question 3

Marxists & Marx-feminist views on nuclear family

Answer 3

Source of oppression for women

Question 4

Single parent family

Answer 4

One parent

Often a result of divorce/separation

Question 5

Reconstituted Family

Answer 5

A family that has come back together

With different partners

Question 6

Same sex family

Answer 6

More diversity, step towards equality

Question 7

Parsons (1955)

Answer 7

Functionalist

States that domestic division of labour is based on biological differences

Question 8

Instrumental Role

Answer 8

Performed by the male

Provides financial support for family

Question 9

Expressive Role

Answer 9

Performed by the female

Provides emotional support for the family

Question 10

Marxist-Feminist- view on domestic division of labour

Answer 10

States that housewife’s, by supporting their husband, makes him into a more productive worker that aids the capitalist regime

Question 11

Marxists- Feminist

Answer 11

By producing offspring, vital part of the REPRODUCTION OF LABOUR