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

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Bean Pole

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2
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Which sociologist coined the term ‘Warm Bath Theory?’

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Parsons

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3
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Name 1 way in which childhood could be said to be toxic

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junk food, technology and video games, lack of parental engagement

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4
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Which sociologist is associated with the ‘sociology of personal life’?

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Carol Smart

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5
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Which sociologist thinks that childhood is disappearing?

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Postman

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Identify 1 government policy from the last 40 years which has impacted the family

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Children’s Act, Paternity Leave, Child Support Agency, Equal Pay Act

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Which sociologist completed a study looking at housewives and housework?

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Anne Oakley

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8
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What is the triple shift?

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Emotional Support, Paid Work, Domestic Labour

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9
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Which family type has the mother in charge?

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matrifocal

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10
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Which perspective believes that the traditional family is disintegrating which is leading to the collapse of society?

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New Right

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11
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What is the general trend in births since 1900?

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decline

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12
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Give 1 reason for the rise in divorce

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Divorce Reform Act, Rise in expectations, Changing roles of women

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13
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What is a social norm?

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unwritten rule of behaviour

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14
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Define the term infant mortality rate

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the number of infant deaths before their first birthday per thousand live births per year

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15
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What is the difference between an arranged married and a forced marriage?

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arranged means they still have a choice, but a forced doesn’t have choice and is illegal

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16
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How often is the UK census completed?

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10 years

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17
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What is migration?

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the movement from one country to another

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18
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What term is used to describe a family where there are multiple wives?

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Polygamy

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19
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What is a symmetrical family?

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where there is equality between the partners in terms of domestic labour and decision making

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20
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What is the definition of fertility rate?

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the average number of children a women will have during her childbearing years

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21
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What is the expressive role?

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the emotional support and caring role

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22
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Which sociologist is associated with toxic childhood?

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Sue Palmer

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23
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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

24
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What is a neo-conventional family?

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duel earning family with traditional roles

25
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Give 1 reason for the rise in cohabitation

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secularisation, less stigma, women’s financial independence

26
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Who are the 2 main functionalist thinkers who discuss the family?

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Murdock and Parsons

27
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What is the definition of death rate?

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number of deaths per year per 1000 of the population

28
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What are three types of feminism?

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radical, marxist and liberal

29
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What is the postmodernist view of the family?

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we create the family that suits are needs at that moment in time

30
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What is meant by Joint Conjugal Roles?

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partners share the domestic labour and leisure time

31
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What is the term for when society and families focus on the needs of the children?

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child centred

32
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Define the term family

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a group of people bonded by blood or legal means

33
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What is the divorce rate?

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the number of divorces per 1000 married couple per year

34
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Who is associated with the negotiated family and individualisation theory?

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Beck

35
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What is the general trend in marriages in the past 50 years?

A

decline

36
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Identify 1 inequality between children and adults

A

neglect, abuse, control over time

37
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Give 1 reason for the change in the position of children

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introduction of compulsory school, child protection legislation, children’s rights, declining family size

38
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What is a pure relationship?

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a relationship that is held together by choice and love, not tradition or social norms

39
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Give 1 reason for the rise in the symmetrical family

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changing role of women, new technology, higher standards of living

40
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What is age patriarchy?

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adult domination over children

41
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Which sociologists are associated with the March of Progress View?

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Wilmott and Young

42
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What is the difference between Emigration and Immigration?

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Emigration = leaving the country
Immigration = entering the country

43
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Who looked into the historical differences in childhood?

A

Aries

44
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What is the information hierarchy?

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the division between adults who can read and children who can’t

45
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Pahland Volger identified 2 ways that money is controlled in the family. What are they?

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Pooling and Allowance

46
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What is the dependency ratio?

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the relationship between the working population and non working/dependent population

47
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What is meant by fictive kin?

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friends that you treat as family

48
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Who suggested that domestic violence is caused by patriarchy and the need for men to assert their power over women?

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Dobash and Dobash

49
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What is the duel burden?

A

domestic labour and emotional support

50
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Which perspective sees the rising divorce rate as meaning that people have more choice over their lives?

A

Postmodernism

51
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What is the instrumental role?

A

the breadwinner and disciplinarian of the family usually the male

52
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What is meant by a social construct?

A

social phenomena that is created and varies from society to society

53
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Give 1 reason for the decline in the birth rate

A

changing role of women, decline in infant mortality

54
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Give 1 reason for the rise of lone parent families

A

changing role of women, rise of divorce, single by choice

55
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Who is associated with the cultural explanation for the domestic division of labour?

A

Dunne

56
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What is the information hierarchy?

A

the division between adults who can read and children who can’t

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