Paper 2 Key Titles Flashcards
What are the 6 functions of Functionalism?
1) parsons functional fit theory
- pre industrial, pre modern society
- industrial, modern society
2) primary socialisation
3) economic - murdock
- stabilisation of adult personalities
4) reproduction - murdock
5) sexual regulation - murdock
6) stretch - radical psychiatry and the family (1960s)
What are the 4 functions for Marxism?
1) socialisation
2) economic
- unit of consumption
- myth of the warm bath/ safety value
3) reproduction
4) sexual regulation - inheritance of property
What are the 4 different Feminists?
1) liberal feminism
2) radical feminism
3) marxist feminism
4) difference feminism
What are the 2 Personal life perspective functions?
1) beyond ties or blood and marriage
2) donor conceived children
What are the 7 functions for Divorce?
1) changes in the law
2) declining stigma
3) secularisation
4) rising expectation of marriage
5) cpow
6) feminist arguments
7) stretch: modernity + individualisation
What are the 3 divorce trends?
1) increase in divorce
2) most divorce are started by women
3) some couples are more likely than others to divorce
What are the 5 theories for high divorce rate?
1) the new right
2) feminist
3) postmodernist
4) functionalist
5) the personal life perspective
What are the 4 functions for Marriage?
1) secularisation
2) decline in stigma to alternatives
3) cpow
4) fear of divorce
What are the 4 trends of marriage?
1) first marriages decreased
2) remarriages increases
3) marrying later
4) less likely to marry in church
What are the 3 other factors that could explain the changes in marriage rates?
1) remarriages
2) age on marrying
3) church weddings
What are 3 functions for cohabitation?
1) decline in stigma
2) cpow
3) secularisation
What are the two arguments for cohabitation now used as an alternative to marriage?
Yes(chandler) or No(chester)
How many trends are there in cohabitation?
2
What are the 3 functions for same sex relationship?
1) legal changes
2) decline in stigma
3) secularisation
What are the 2 arguments for homosexual relationships and families are something to heterosexual ones?
Similar(weeks,weston)and Different(allan and crow, anna einasdottir)
How many trends are there for same sex relationships?
2
What are the 4 functions in one person households?
1) divorce patterns
2) marriage patterns
3) creative single hood
4) evaluation (A03)
How many trends are there for one person households?
3 or 4
What are the 4 functions for LAT?
1) decline in stigma
2) cpow
3) limited finances
4) evaluation (A03)
How many trends are there for LAT?
3
What are the 2 functions for child-bearing?
1) decline in stigma
2) cpow
How many trends are there for child-bearing?
4
What are the 2 functions for increase in LPF?
1) cpow
2) increase in divorce
What are the 2 reasons for why LPF are female headed?
1) courts
2) impact of feminism
How many trends are there for LPF?
4
Which theory has an explanation for increase in LPF?
The new right
What are the two reasons for increase in step families?
1) divorce/seperation
2) courts
What are the arguments for step families?
Pro(ferri and smith - 1998) and Cons (ferri and smith, allan and crow -2001, mccarthy et al- 2003)