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sociology-families Flashcards

1
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name 3 functionalists

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-Parsons
-murdock
-willmott and young

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how did zaretsky believe the family serves capitalism?

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-women’s unpaid labour
-passing on advantage e.g.inheritance
-unit of consumption

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how did delphy and leonard believe family is patriarchal?

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–women are exploited economically
-family is hierarchal
-patriarchal family reflects patriarchal society

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4
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what is stratified diffusion?

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change in family life starts with higher social classes and trickles down

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5
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how is family diverse?

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-organisational
-cultural
-social class
-cohort
-life course

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what did parsons believe are the two functions of the family?

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-primary socialisation
-stabilisation of the adult personality

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what did willmott and young discover about the family

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family was becoming more symmetrical

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what is oakley’s dual burden?

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women take on work inside and outside of the home

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what did murdock believe the functions of the family are?

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-educational
-economic
-reproductive
-sex

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what is a social stigma?

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disapproval of a person based on perceived characteristics

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what is canalisation?

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the way a parent channels their children’s interests into toys/games

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what is monogamy?

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being married to just one person

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what is a dysfunctional family?

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conflict, emotional distress and potential abuse

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what are the consequences of divorce?

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-co-parenting:shairing parenting duties
-legal aspect :custody of children
-economic effects :money divided
-community :may loose friends

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what is the contempory childhood like?

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have an education, be looked after, can’t work to a minimum of 13

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what was the industrialised childhood look like?

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work for hours for little pay or no pay in factories

17
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what was the pre-industrial childhood like?

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help parents around the house, if they didn’t they would have to leave

18
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what is the second shift?

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women are working more outside the home but are still doing the vast majority of the domestic work

19
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what is the triple shift?

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the emotional work women do to take care of the family, the ‘mental load’

20
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what did willmott and young believe about conjugal roles?

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realised roles were becoming more equal

21
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what is meant by conjugal roles?

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conjugal roles are the roles divided between cohabiting or married couples

22
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what did murdock believe were the 4 functions of the family are?

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1.educational
2.economic
3.reproductive
4.sexual

23
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who is the marxist?

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zaretsky

24
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what did oakley discover about the conventional family?

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1.women are expected to do unpaid work
2.idea of the conventional family is powerful
3.people expect happiness, but nuclear family ca be stressful
4.middle class-more family diversity

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what did rapoport and rapoport believe about the family?

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5 types of family diversity:
1.organisational-structure of families
2.cultural-cultural/religious differences
3.social classes
4.cohort-historical differences
5.life course-differences in life cycle of family

26
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what did willmott and young discover about families?

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-the family is becoming more symmetrical
-principle of stratified diffusion: changes in family life start with higher classes and trickle down

27
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does parsons support nature or nurture and why?

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nature because he believed behaviour was based on DNA/genes

28
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what does karl marx believe about the family?

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the family only exists to further support the exploitation of the exploration of the proletariat by the bourgeoisie

29
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what are the three types of feminism?

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-liberal feminists
-radical feminists
-marxist feminists

30
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what is a liberal feminist?

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believe you should work within society to bring about change

31
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what is a radical feminist?

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believe that the oppression of women is the most fundamental form of oppression

32
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what is a marxist feminist?

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believe the oppression of women is the most fundamental form of oppression

33
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what are some reasons for a rise in the divorce rate?

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-changed laws
-value of marriage has changed
-changing status of women
-changing attitudes and values
-secularisation

34
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what is parson’s warm bath theory?

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the family provides a warm loving home where the adults can be themselves and leave the stresses of modern society

35
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what is the instrumental role?

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the family’s provider

36
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what are the reasons for a rise in family diversity?

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-same sex marriage is legal
-divorce
-change in culture
-women have more rights
-more immigration
-changes in social values and attitudes
-longer life expectancy

37
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what is the expressive role?

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the family member who provides care and emotional support to other family members

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