Sociology - Unit 1- Family

Question 1

Social institutions

Answer 1

Social institutions involve behaviour that is carried out by large numbers of people (i.e is shared) and which continues over a reasonable period of time (i.e is stable). Examples include work, family, education and religion.

Question 2

Family

Answer 2

A social institution containing a group of people with shared biological and/or cultural heritage, affinity or residence.

Question 3

Adoption

Answer 3

A process involving non-biological parents requesting legal rights and responsibility fro a child. Adoption can occur between related family members or unrelated individuals.

Question 4

Nuclear family

Answer 4

A group consisting of a mother, father and any number of children (either biological or adopted) spanning 2 generations who live together in the same household.

Question 5

Extended family

Answer 5

A social group containing immediate family members and non-immediate family members spanning 2 or more generations, such as aunts, uncles, cousin an other descendants from a common ancestor.

Question 6

Cohabitation

Answer 6

A living arrangement whereby 2 or more unmarried adults share a household over a long period of time. such as housemates, or people that are in universities.

Question 7

One parent family

Answer 7

Families based on a person who is not on a couple relationship, but forms a parent-child relationship with at least one other person (child) in the household.

Question 8

Stepfamily

Answer 8

A family structure involving both or one of the adults bringing children from a previous relationship onto the current relationship - sometimes referred to as a ‘blended family’ or a ‘reconstituted family’.

Question 9

Same sex couple parenting

Answer 9

A family in which both of the parents/couple in a relationship is the same gender, with at least one LGBT+ partner, or a lone parent identifying as LGBT+