key terms

Question 1

beanpole family

Answer 1

a family that is vertically extended but not horizontally extended e.g grandparents, parents, children not aunts, uncles, cousins

Question 2

birth rate

Answer 2

number of births per thousand of the population per yer

Question 3

conjugal roles

Answer 3

roles played by husband and wife.
segregated- husband is bread winner and wife is home maker and leisure time is spend separately.
joint - both perform roles and spent leisure times together

Question 4

control group

Answer 4

control group is not exposed to variable wheras an experimental group is

Question 5

cultural deprevation

Answer 5

working class are inadequate socialised and lack the right culture needed for educational success

Question 6

culture

Answer 6

things learned and shared by society or a group of people

Question 7

death rate

Answer 7

the number of deaths per thousand of the population per year

Question 8

dependency ratio

Answer 8

relationship between working population and non working population

Question 9

domestic labour

Answer 9

work performed in the house e.g cooking, cleaning

Question 10

dual burden

Answer 10

when a person is responsible for paid work and unpaid work

Question 11

empty shell marriage

Answer 11

couple continue to live under the same roof but as separate individual

Question 12

expressive role

Answer 12

caring homemaker role in the family

Question 13

extended family

Answer 13

a group of kin (people related by blood) extended beyond nuclear family

Question 14

family structure

Answer 14

a group of people that live together as a family unit

Question 15

fertility rate

Answer 15

average pf children women will have during their fertile years

Question 16

feminism

Answer 16

sociological perspective and political movement that focuses on women’s oppression and the struggle to end it

Question 17

household

Answer 17

a group of people that live together and share meals, bills, chores etc

Question 18

infant mortality rate

Answer 18

number of infants who die before their first birthday , per thousand live births per year

Question 19

instrumental role

Answer 19

the breadwinner role in the family

Question 20

life expectancy

Answer 20

how long on average people who are born in a given year can expect to live

Question 21

living apart together

Answer 21

couples in a significant relationship but not married or cohabiting

Question 22

marxism

Answer 22

a conflict based on the ideas of Karl Marx. it sees society as divided into two opposed classes

Question 23

migration

Answer 23

involves the movement of people from place to place

Question 24

modernism

Answer 24

believe that society gas a fairly clear cut, predictable structure

Question 25

natural change

Answer 25

difference between the number of births and deaths, resulting in natural decrease or increase

Question 26

net migration

Answer 26

difference between the number of immigrants to emigrants

Question 27

norms

Answer 27

social rules, expectations or standards

Question 28

nuclear familt

Answer 28

two generation family of a man and woman and their dependent children (own or adopted)

Question 29

patriachy

Answer 29

society based on male domination

Question 30

primary data

Answer 30

information collected first hand by sociologists

Question 31

postmodernism

Answer 31

a perspective that rejects the modernists’ belief in progress

Question 32

re constituted family

Answer 32

a step family

Question 33

role

Answer 33

how someone who occupies a particular status

Question 34

socialisation

Answer 34

process of which and individual leans the culture of society

Question 35

status

Answer 35

a position in society
ascribed- born with it
achieved- result of their effort

Question 36

symmetrical family

Answer 36

nuclear family with more equal and joint conjugal roles

Question 37

triple shift

Answer 37

paid work, house work and emotional work

Question 38

values

Answer 38

ideas, beliefs about general principles