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1
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What type of family has many generations but not many within each generation?

A

Beanpole family

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2
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Name one way in which childhood could be said to be toxic.

A

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

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3
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Identify one government policy from the last 40 years which has impacted the family (1970+).

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

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4
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Which sociologist completed a study looking at housewives and housework?

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Oakley

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5
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Triple shift?

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Emotional support, domestic labour, PAID WORK

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6
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Which family type has the mother in charge?

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Matrifocal, lone female parent only

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7
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What is the general trend in births since 1900?

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

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8
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Reasons for the rise in divorce.

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

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9
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Define the term infant mortality rate.

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

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10
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What term is used to describe a family where there are multiple wives?

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Polygyny

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11
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Define symmetrical family.

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

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12
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What is the definition of fertility rate?

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

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13
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What does the term “Dark side of the family” refer to?

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Abuse and Violence in the family

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14
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Define “Expressive role”

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Caring role, emotional support

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15
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What is a neo-conventional family? who talked about it?

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

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16
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5 types of diversity according to the Rapaports?

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

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17
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Reasons for the rise in cohabitation

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rising expectations lead to trial marriages
Secularisation,
Less stigma,

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18
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4 functions of the family according to Murdock?

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Socialisation
Reproductive
Economic
Sexual: stabilisation of sex drive

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19
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What is the postmodernist view of the family?

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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.

20
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Define conjugal roles

A

Equal domestic labour and spend leisure time tgt.

21
Q

Who talked about Negotiated family and individualisation.

A

Beck

22
Q

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

A

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

23
Q

3 Inequalities between children and adults

A

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

24
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3 reasons for change in position of children

A

Compulsory education
Laws protecting children’s rights
Smaller families

25
Q

What is a pure relationship?

A

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

26
Q

Key term to describe inequality and domination of adult over children

A

age patriarchy, child liberationists love that.

27
Q

Tow ways money is controlled in family. Name the theorists

A

Paul and Volger. Pooling and allowance system

28
Q

Fictive Kin?

A

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

29
Q

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

A

Dobash and Dobash

30
Q

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

A

Postmodernism

31
Q

What is meant by a social construct?

A

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

32
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R5 easons for decline in Birth Rate

A

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

33
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3 reasons for rise in lone parent families

A

Rise of divorce,
Single by choice,
Fertility technology

34
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Reasons for the decline in death rate.

A

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

35
Q

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

A

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

36
Q

3 impacts of ageing population

A

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

37
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What did Parson’s mean by “functional fit”?

A

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.

38
Q

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

A

Reconstituted family

39
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3 reasons for child-centredness in families

A

Less children
Laws
Rise in living standards and more resources

40
Q

What is serial monogamy?

A

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

41
Q

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

A

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

42
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What is the difference between empty nest and empty shell marriage?

A

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.

43
Q

What is an extended family?

A

3 or more generations living tgt

44
Q

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

A

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

45
Q

Who suggested that the universal nuclear family

A

Murdock

46
Q

Fancy word for not having a father

A

Paternal deprivation

47
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Fancy word when the population relies on the government for a living and do not actively seek work.

A

Dependency Culture

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