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Theories of the Family - Key Terms Flashcards

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Family

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Social institution consisting of a group of people who are related by kinship ties

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Kinship

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Relations of blood, marriage or adoption

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Household

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A person living alone or a group of people living together at the same address

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Nuclear family

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A family with two generations of parents and children living together in one household

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Patriarchy

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Male dominance with men having power and authority

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Primary socialisation

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Socialisation during early years of childhood

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Expressive role

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Nurturing, caring and emotional role

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Instrumental role

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The provider / breadwinner role in the family

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Classic extended family

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Several related nuclear families or family members live in the same house, street or area

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Privatised nuclear family

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Self-contained, self-reliant and home-centred family unit that is separated and isolated from extended kin, neighbours and local community

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Modified extended family

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Related nuclear families, geographically living apart but maintaining regular contact

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Division of labour

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Division of work into specialised jobs

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Domestic labour

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Unpaid housework (E.g. cooking, cleaning, childcare and looking after sick or elderly)

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Dependancy culture

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Set of values and beliefs, centred on dependancy on others, welfare state

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Underclass

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Social group right at the bottom of the social class hierarchy

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Monogamy

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Form of marriage where a person can only be legally married to one partner at a time

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Ideological state apparatus

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Agencies which serve to spread ideology and justify power of dominant social class

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Symmetrical family

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Family where the roles of the husband and wife have become more equal

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Family ideology

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Dominant set of beliefs, values and images about how families are and how they ought to be

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Stereotype

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Generalised, oversimplified view of an institution/social group

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Cereal packet family

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Stereotype of ideal family found in media and advertising. Married couple with father as breadwinner and mother as caregiver

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Life course

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Sequence of significant events (marriage, parenthood, retirement) individuals experience as they make their way through life

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Individualisation

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Process whereby traditional social relationships, role and beliefs lose their influence over lives of individuals

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Confluent love

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Active and conditional love, involves building of trust and emotional intimacy between two people. Conditional as it last as long as it meets needs of both partners

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Pure relationship

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Relationship where a couple choose to stay together because it meets their emotional and sexual needs

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Divorce rate

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Number of divorced per 1000 married people per year

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Secularisation

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Process where religious thinking, practice and institutions decline and lose influence in society

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Marriage rate

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Number of men or women marrying per 1000 unmarried men or women per year

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Moral panic

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Wave of public concern about some exaggerated or imaginary threat to society, stirred up by media

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Beanpole family

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Multi-generation extended family, which is long and thin, with few family members

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Arranged marriage

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Marriage arranged by parents of the marriage partners, with view of compatibility of background and status

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Domestic division of labour

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Division of roles, responsibilities and work tasks within a household

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Segregated conjugal roles

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Clear division and separation between male and female roles

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Joint conjugal roles

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Roles show few divisions between male and females

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Demography

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Term used for the study of characteristics of human populations

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Life expectancy

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An estimate of how long the average person can be expected to live

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Birth rate

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Number of live births per 1000 of population per year

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Death rate

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Number of deaths per 1000 of population per year

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Infant mortality rate (IMR)

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Number of deaths of babies in their first year of life per 1000 live births per year

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Ageing population

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One in which the average age is getting higher, with greater proportion of population over retirement age

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Dependancy ratio

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Relationship between the proportion of the population who are working and not working

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General fertility rate (GFR)

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Number of live births per 1000 women of child bearing age per year

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Total fertility rate (TFR)

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Average number of children women will have their child bearing years

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