Family

Question 1

What is a nuclear family?

Answer 1

Parents and children living together

Question 2

What is a reconstituted family?

Answer 2

Step families

Question 3

What is the classic extended family?

Answer 3

All kin living in the same household or near eachother (e.g. Nuclear family and grandparents)

Question 4

What is a modified extended family

Answer 4

The family living far apart

Question 5

What is a lone parent family

Answer 5

A parent that lives along with their children

Question 6

What is a neo-conventional family?

Answer 6

Families without traditional roles

Question 7

What is a matriarchal family?

Answer 7

Authority held by females

Question 8

What is a patriarchal family?

Answer 8

Authority held by males

Question 9

What is a gay or lesbian family?

Answer 9

Same sex couple living together with their children

Question 10

What is a cereal packet family

Answer 10

Stereotypical heterosexual couple with their children

Question 11

What is a beanpole family?

Answer 11

Long and thin multigeneral family

Question 12

What is a single person household

Answer 12

A person living alone

Question 13

What is a symmetrical family?

Answer 13

Authority and household chores shared equally

Question 14

What is the difference between a family and a household?

Answer 14

A family is a group of people who are bonded together and a household is where they live

Question 15

Family changes

Answer 15

People are getting married later in life
Higher divorce rate
Protection (smaller family size)
Wages (smaller family size)

Question 16

Marxist view of family

Answer 16

Critical - people won’t stand up to the bourgeoisie because of their family commitments and they worry about the impact it will have

Question 17

Functionalist view on family

Answer 17

Nuclear family performs important functions for individuals and society

Question 18

Feminist view on family

Answer 18

Link families to gender inequalities

Question 19

What is cultural diversity

Answer 19

When there is a variety of cultures in a society

Question 20

Lone parents

Answer 20

When a single parent brings up a family alone

Question 21

Male and female roles in family

Answer 21

Stereotypically, men were bread winners and women would look after family
Now these roles are changing and women are starting to work so conjugal roles are more common

Question 22

How has the quality of parenting changed?

Answer 22

Some say for the better, more people are working so better role models and more money for activities

Some say for worse as more childminders are used and there is less quality time being spent as a family

Question 23

Why are there more divorces?

Answer 23

Reduced influence of religion 
Rising expectations of marriage 
Women have more authority 
Declining stigma 
Changes in law

Question 24

How is authority changing in relationships?

Answer 24

Women becoming more authoritative
Feminists
More women working

Question 25

How are arranged marriages changing?

Answer 25

Women no longer seen as a burden

More opportunities to do what they want

Question 26

How are the patterns of fertility changing?

Answer 26

Less pregnancies - protection

Question 27

Laws which have changed children’s lives

Answer 27

Welfare state - no work but education
The Children Act - legal rights
The Police and Criminal Evidence Act - could give evidence in court

Question 28

Name 4 of the functions that functionalists claim a family fulfills

Answer 28

Reproduction of the next generation and satisfaction of the sex drive
Economic support
Emotional support
Socialisation of the young

Question 29

The New Right’s view on the family

Answer 29

They believe the nuclear family is best

Homosexuals and lone parents don’t socialise their children correctly

Question 30

What are conjugal roles?

Answer 30

The roles played by a cohabitating heterosexual couple