Hectic Family recall questions

Question 1

What type of family has many generations but not many within each generation?

Answer 1

Beanpole family

Question 2

Name one way in which childhood could be said to be toxic.

Answer 2

Junk Food,
Technology and Video Games,
and Lack of parental engagement.

Question 3

Identify one government policy from the last 40 years which has impacted the family (1970+).

Answer 3

Children’s Act, Civil Partnerships, Child Support Agency, Paternity Leave, New Deal, Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013, Sex Discrimination Act, Equal Pay Act

Question 4

Which sociologist completed a study looking at housewives and housework?

Answer 4

Oakley

Question 5

Triple shift?

Answer 5

Emotional support, domestic labour, PAID WORK

Question 6

Which family type has the mother in charge?

Answer 6

Matrifocal, lone female parent only

Question 7

What is the general trend in births since 1900?

Answer 7

Decline. Since the most recent peak in 2012, the number of live births in England and Wales has dropped by 15.9%

Question 8

Reasons for the rise in divorce.

Answer 8

Legal changes: Divorce reform Act,
Secularisation,
Decline in stigma,
Rise in expectations,
changing role of women.

Question 9

Define the term infant mortality rate.

Answer 9

NUMBER of infant deaths BEFORE their first birthday per 1000 live births, per year.

Question 10

What term is used to describe a family where there are multiple wives?

Answer 10

Polygyny

Question 11

Define symmetrical family.

Answer 11

Where there is equality between the partners in terms of domestic labour, resource and decision making.

Question 12

What is the definition of fertility rate?

Answer 12

The average number of children a woman will have during her childbearing years (15–45). Around 1.5 in England.

Question 13

What does the term “Dark side of the family” refer to?

Answer 13

Abuse and Violence in the family

Question 14

Define “Expressive role”

Answer 14

Caring role, emotional support

Question 15

What is a neo-conventional family? who talked about it?

Answer 15

Duel-earning family with traditional roles and uneuqal division of labour. Chester

Question 16

5 types of diversity according to the Rapaports?

Answer 16

Cultural, Life course, Organisational, Generational, Social Class.

Question 17

Reasons for the rise in cohabitation

Answer 17

rising expectations lead to trial marriages
Secularisation,
Less stigma,

Question 18

4 functions of the family according to Murdock?

Answer 18

Socialisation
Reproductive
Economic
Sexual: stabilisation of sex drive

Question 19

What is the postmodernist view of the family?

Answer 19

We create the family that suits our needs at that moment in time. Everyone has the freedom of choice to build relationships that fits their own needs.

Question 20

Define conjugal roles

Answer 20

Equal domestic labour and spend leisure time tgt.

Question 21

Who talked about Negotiated family and individualisation.

Answer 21

Beck

Question 22

What is the general trend in marriages in the past 50 years?

Answer 22

decline. fallen by 50% in the past 50 years.

Question 23

3 Inequalities between children and adults

Answer 23

Control over time and space
Control over the physical body
Control over resources

Question 24

3 reasons for change in position of children

Answer 24

Compulsory education
Laws protecting children’s rights
Smaller families

Question 25

What is a pure relationship?

Answer 25

Individuals decide to carry on maintaining their relationship SOLELY because it meets their emotional and sexual needs

Question 26

Key term to describe inequality and domination of adult over children

Answer 26

age patriarchy, child liberationists love that.

Question 27

Tow ways money is controlled in family. Name the theorists

Answer 27

Paul and Volger. Pooling and allowance system

Question 28

Fictive Kin?

Answer 28

Carol smart. PLP: friends you treat as family, altho not have blood ties.

Question 29

Who suggested that domestic violence is caused threat to male authority and patriarchy and the need for men to assert their power over women?

Answer 29

Dobash and Dobash

Question 30

Which perspective sees the rising divorce rate as meaning that people have more choice over their lives?

Answer 30

Postmodernism

Question 31

What is meant by a social construct?

Answer 31

Social phenomena created and vary from society to society and from time to time.

Question 32

R5 easons for decline in Birth Rate

Answer 32

More women at paid work and delayed marriage, Introduction of contraception, Decline in infant mortality rate, Child centeredness Children as economic liabilities

Question 33

3 reasons for rise in lone parent families

Answer 33

Rise of divorce, Single by choice, Fertility technology

Question 34

Reasons for the decline in death rate.

Answer 34

Improved diet and nutrition, Medical Improvements, less smoking and diet, decline in dangerous manual occupations,

Question 35

4 ways that the family support capitalism according to the Marxists?

Answer 35

Inheritance and concentration of wealth Unit of consumption Cushioning effect Reproduction of next generation of workers

Question 36

3 impacts of ageing population

Answer 36

Higher dependency ratio, more extended family, more demand for social services.

Question 37

What did Parson’s mean by “functional fit”?

Answer 37

Families change structure to fit the needs of society. Nuclear families "fit" industrial society due to social and geographical mobility, extended family "fit" pre-industrial society.

Question 38

fancy term for stepfamily where children from previous relations are brought to a new relationship?

Answer 38

Reconstituted family

Question 39

3 reasons for child-centredness in families

Answer 39

Less children Laws Rise in living standards and more resources

Question 40

What is serial monogamy?

Answer 40

Sexually exclusive relationships that follow one after another in a person's lifetime

Question 41

In which ethnic group are matrifocal single parent families most common?

Answer 41

Afro-Caribbean families. Shows ethnicity and culture plays a role in family diversity.

Question 42

What is the difference between empty nest and empty shell marriage?

Answer 42

Empty nest means children have grown up and left home. Empty shell marriage means there is no love between the partners but stays together for children.

Question 43

What is an extended family?

Answer 43

3 or more generations living tgt

Question 44

What is the main difference between postmodernist and sociology of personal life views of the family.

Answer 44

PLP: choices based on personal experiences Postmodernism: based on needs

Question 45

Who suggested that the universal nuclear family

Answer 45

Murdock

Question 46

Fancy word for not having a father

Answer 46

Paternal deprivation

Question 47

Fancy word when the population relies on the government for a living and do not actively seek work.

Answer 47

Dependency Culture