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Families & Households Revision Part 1
Families & Households Revision Part 1
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#AQA #Sociology Unit 1, chapters 1 and 2
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1
What is Parsons' theory of the family?
Breugel paintings show children to be mini adults
Family structure changed from nuclear to extended
Industrial revolution changed the structure of the family
Families moving towards being more symmetrical
2
What is meant by kinship within sociology?
System of family relationships between people in society
People who share a common residence
A blood relationship
A support system
3
Which of these is
NOT
part of Zaretsky's theory of the family?
Families help workers to manage their resentment of work
Families teach children to be submissive workers
Nuclear family is a unit of consumption
Families transmit cultural values of bourgeoisie
4
Who conducted a study in 1974 on housework?
Gloria Steinem
Ann Oakley
Lydia Morris
Christine Delphy
5
What is geographical mobility?
Economic migration
Physical movement of people around the country
Immigrating from one country to another
Movement of people from the countryside to towns
6
Which of these is
NOT
a criticism of Murdock's theory?
Is dated
That it is ethnocentric
Is politically conservative
Used unreliable data
7
What is a social policy?
A policy aimed at improving social cohesion
The government trying to solve a social problem
A policy aimed at changing/regulating social conditions
A policy created by society
8
Who published
The Symmetrical Family
?
Wilmott and Young (1984)
Young and Wilmott (1963)
Wilmott and Young (1999)
Wilmott and Young (1975)
9
What is primary socialisation?
Being taught cultural norms and values
Learning how to behave as a small group in larger society
Family members teaching children their culture
Schools transmitting cultural values
10
What do the new right say about social policy?
The government is doing just enough for the family
The government is doing too little to protect the family
Government should prioritise traditional family structure
The government is doing too much for the family
11
Who argues that strong and durable families are important to the stability of society?
Butler (2010)
Maide (2010)
Steward (2010)
Cheff (2010)
12
Which sociologist believes that the motivation of gay couples having children is questionable?
Gloria Steinem
Mike Pence
Patrick Smith
Patricia Morgan
13
According to Judge (2012), how much was the number of children in poverty reduced by?
250,000
It wasn't, the number of children in poverty increased
1 million
900,000
14
What do functionalists
NOT
believe about the family?
Maintains the economy
Maintains social order and stability
Transfers Western values
Provides emotional wellbeing
15
What is the welfare state?
A benefits system
A commitment to healthcare, education, housing etc. by gov.
A system that provides jobs and security for society
A pleasant place in Wales
16
How much did the ONS estimate domestic tasks as being worth in 2012?
£274 million
£343 billion
£97.2 billion
£16.9 billion
17
What does the new right see as a threat to the nuclear family?
The change in family structure in the 18th/19th century
Feminism
Recent state policy
The weather
18
What is familial ideology?
Discriminative family policy
A set of dominant ideas that promote an ideal family type
Ideology that supports the capitalist system
The ideology which the family transmits (socialisation)
19
Which of these is
NOT
a criticism of Wilmott and Young's Symmetrical Families Theory?
Overfocused on harmonious families
Their research does not acknowledge domestic violence
Families are not symmetrical
It is ethnocentric
20
What sociological theorist outlined the four main functions of the family?
Laslett (1972)
Parsons (1959)
Murdock (1949)
Brayfield (1992)
