Family key concepts

Question 1

identity

Answer 1

how we and others see us

Question 2

social roles

Answer 2

parts we play in society;each role has its own social norms which tell us how we should act in that role

Question 3

family(5)

Answer 3

people we are related to by ties of blood,marriage, adoption, civil partnership and cohabitation

Question 4

socialisation

Answer 4

process of learning to be a member of society

Question 5

norms eg

Answer 5

rules within a culture(eg. no killing)

Question 6

values eg

Answer 6

ideas about what is important in a culture(eg. privacy and respect)

Question 7

culture

Answer 7

way of life of a group of people

Question 8

functionalist sociologists

Answer 8

sociologists who believe that each part of society has roles to fulfil so the society can survive as a whole

Question 9

household

Answer 9

one person living alone/group of people who have the same address and share living accommodation

Question 10

nuclear family

Answer 10

two generation,mother and father and dependant children

Question 11

marriage

Answer 11

legal tie between husband and wife

Question 12

extended family

Answer 12

any family larger than nuclear-there are different types

Question 13

matrilocal

Answer 13

living with/near wifes family

Question 14

patrilocal

Answer 14

living with/near husbands family

Question 15

traditional extended family

Answer 15

three generation matrilocal family where members have frequent face to face contact

Question 16

neolocal

Answer 16

couple set up their own home

Question 17

polyandry

Answer 17

woman has more than one husband

Question 18

polygyny

Answer 18

husband having more than one wife

Question 19

cohabitation

Answer 19

living together as partnership without being married

Question 20

divorce

Answer 20

legal end to marriage

Question 21

secular society

Answer 21

society that isnt ruled by religious beliefs

Question 22

serial monogamy

Answer 22

person that has more than one marriage partner in their lifetime

Question 23

reason for serial monogamy?

Answer 23

increased divorce rate

Question 24

boomerang

Answer 24

family with non-dependant children return to home to live with parents

Question 25

lone parent

Answer 25

mother/father living without a partner and their dependant children

Question 26

reconstituted

Answer 26

one or both partners have been married before and has children(S) creating step relations

Question 27

beanpole

Answer 27

tall/narrow extended family containing 4/5 generations

Question 28

singlehood

Answer 28

remaining single as a positive lifestyle choice

Question 29

conjugal roles

Answer 29

roles of husbands/wives

Question 30

housewife

Answer 30

unpaid role which made wives financially dependant on their husbands

Question 31

symmetrical

Answer 31

family where the conjugal roles are similar but not identical

Question 32

househusband

Answer 32

man with main responsibility for domestic tasks and childcare

Question 33

dark side of the family

Answer 33

situation where family life damages its members

Question 34

domestic violence

Answer 34

threatening behavoir,violence or abuse committed by family member against another

Question 35

part time trap

Answer 35

Ann Oakley(70’s)

situation where part time worker is still expected to do the domestic tasks because ‘she is only working part time’

Question 36

dual burden

Answer 36

Ann Oakley(70’s)

women’s employment is added to existing responsibility for the mother-housewife role because men are unwilling to do a fair share of domestic work

Question 37

triple shift

Answer 37

Duncombe and Marsden(1995)

paid work,housework+childcare and ‘emotional work’

Question 38

lagged adaptation

Answer 38

Gershuny(1992)

men are getting more involved but its taken time

Question 39

confluent love

Answer 39

instead of lifetime commitment, they are more likely to ask ‘is this marriage still working for me’

Question 40

family diversity

Answer 40

there is a wide range of family types in Britain today

Question 41

functionalist sociologists

Answer 41

argue that each of society have functions