Paper 2

Question 1

What was still strong in Bethnal Green as late as the 1950s?

Answer 1

Extended kinship networks

Bethnal Green is described as a working-class area of London.

Question 2

What does the New Right characterize?

Answer 2

The views of contemporary right-wing politicians

These views are often critical.

Question 3

What assumptions does the New Right share regarding the family?

Answer 3

Assumptions characteristic of functionalist theory

This includes the belief in the nuclear family as a key institution.

Question 4

What institution does the New Right consider key?

Answer 4

The nuclear family

Question 5

What concern does the New Right express about modern societies?

Answer 5

The decline in the influence of the family

This decline is viewed as problematic.

Question 6

Fill in the blank: The New Right is concerned with the _______ in the influence of the family in modern societies.

Answer 6

decline

Question 7

What type of area is Bethnal Green described as?

Answer 7

A working-class area

Question 8

True or False: The New Right views the nuclear family as unimportant.

Answer 8

False

Question 10

What is the trend observed in divorce rates?

Answer 10

Increase in divorce rates

Question 11

What social issues are identified as contributing factors to rising divorce rates?

Answer 11

Crime, poverty, homelessness, lack of respect for authority

Question 12

What term is used to describe the breakdown of families?

Answer 12

‘Breakdown’

Question 13

How has the increase in divorce rates affected dependency on state benefits?

Answer 13

More people, including mothers and children, have become dependent on state benefits

Question 14

What has been one of the responses to support the nuclear family structure?

Answer 14

Implementation of the Child Support Agency (CSA) in the UK

Question 15

What do functionalists believe about the nuclear family?

Answer 15

It is a universal institution

Question 16

How many societies did Murdock examine to support his claim about the family?

Answer 16

250 societies

Question 17

What are the characteristics Murdock used to define a family?

Answer 17

Common residence, economic cooperation, reproduction, adults of both sexes, socially approved sexual relationship, one or more biological or adopted children

Question 18

What conclusion did Murdock reach regarding the nuclear family?

Answer 18

The universality of nuclear family as a base unit within an extended family