Pre- Release

Question 1

Dermott (2003)

Answer 1

examines the bread winner father to be replaced with ‘the intimate father’. Her research involved 25 semi-structured interviews. To be a good father was to have emotional openness and a close relationship with ones children.

Question 2

Thompson et al. (2005)

Answer 2

found only 39% of fathers she studied viewed being a breadwinner as the most important aspect of fatherhood. In involvement in the 1st year of a child’s life, they found 80% of fathers would be happy to stay at home with their child.

Question 3

EOC (2002)

Answer 3

shows although fathers play a range of roles in the contemporary families, most still see themselves primarily as breadwinners.

Question 4

Hatter et al (2002)

Answer 4

The EOC Dads on Dads study, study carried out by MORI, 4 types of dads:
- Enforcer dad = Not involved in care, is a role model, sets rules, traditional gender role
- Entertainer dad = plays with children, no chores
- Useful dad = Helps out Mother leads
Fully involved dad = equally involved in running home, roles interchangeable

Question 5

Weber (1968) INTERPRETAVIST

Answer 5

argued that we can only understand social action by interpreting the meanings that lie beneath it

Question 6

Blumer (1969) INTERPRETAVIST

Answer 6

argued that sociologists seek to immerse themselves in the lives of those experiencing the phenomena they are trying to understand.

Question 7

Gartrell and Gartrell (2002) POSITIVIST

Answer 7

suggests positivism is still influential un sociological research, features including operationalisation, testing of hypotheses and statistical techniques.

Question 8

Bryman (2004)

Answer 8

said triangulation/ mixed methods was a way of checking findings across each other