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Definitions Flashcards

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Age

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Length of time a person has lived for

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Ageing Population

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An increasing median age in population due to declining fertility rate and an increasing life expectantcy

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Arranged Marriage

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Marriages that are planned and agreed by families

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Ascribed Status

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A social class that we are born with

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Authority

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Power or a right to give orders

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Bean Pole Family

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21st Century family type there aren’t many children

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Birth Rate

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amount of babies born per 1000 woman per year

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Cereal Packet Family

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2 parents and 2 children

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Child Centeredness

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Everything evolves around children

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Kinship

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Relationship through blood

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Childhood

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The period of being a child

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Civil Partnership

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union of same sex partnerships similar rights to marriage

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Confluent Love

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starter marriages where there is intimacy and love

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Cohabitation

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Living together or having a sexual relationship without being married

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Conjugal Roles

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Clear differentiation of tasks between the wife and the husband

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Culture

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ideas and social behaviour in a particular society

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Dark side of the family

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refers to abuse within families

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Death Rate

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amount of deaths per 1000 people per year

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Demographics

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Statistical data referring to the population

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Dependency Ratio

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Amount of people 0-14 and 65 and over

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Dependency Culture

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Way of life categorised by dependency from benefits from the state

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Division of Labour

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Assigning different parts of manufacturing to make the work more efficient

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Divorce

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The legal termination of marriage

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Divorce rate

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The amount of divorces per 1000 people per year

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Domestic Labour

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unpaid work within the household

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Domestic Violence

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Violent or aggressive behaviour within the household

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Duel Burden

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Responsible for unpaid domestic work and the paid work

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Emigration

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The act of leaving a country to go to live in another

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Empty Shell marriage

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When they live in same household but as two separate individuals

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Expressive Role

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Looking after how everyone else feels.

31
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Extended Family

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A family which extends beyond the nuclear family to the family such as grandparents

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False Consciousness

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A way of thinking that prevents them from thinking about their true economic or social situation

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Family

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A group of people who live together and may or may not have birth or kinship ties

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Family Diversity

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the broad range of dimensions and characteristics of a family

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Fetility Rate

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Average number of children women will have in their fertile years which is 15-44

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Gender

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Social and Cultural characteristics of male and female

37
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Globalisation

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The idea that the world is becoming more and more interconnected and barriers are disappearing

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Household

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A group of people who live together and share bills, chores etc

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Hierarchy

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A organisisation or social structure based on pyramid e.g. top down control

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Infant Mortality Rate

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Number of infants who die before first birthday per thousand

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Instrumental Role

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The breadwinner of the family

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Joint Conjuagal Roles

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Where they share roles and tasks

43
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Macro Level

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Where theory focus on the larger picture

44
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Life Course

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Social defined events and roles that the individual faces over time

45
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Living alone together

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Couples who are in a relationship but not marries or cohabitating

46
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March of Progress Theory

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They look at equal gender and conjugal roles

47
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Marriage

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The legal union of two people

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Meritocracy

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An educational or social opportunity where everyone has an equal opportunity

49
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Matrifocal Family

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Single parents without the father

50
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Migration

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Movement of people from place to place

51
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Micro- Level

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Theory that says individuals construct society

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Modified Extended Family

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Family that extends beyond the nuclear family.

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Moral Panic

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Over reaction to a percieved problem

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Multifcutural

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A society that recognises and gives values to different cultures

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Patriarchy

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A society where men hold the power

56
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Polyandry

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A woman has more than one husband

57
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Polygamy

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Having more than one wife or husband

58
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Polygyny

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Man has more than one wife

59
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Net Migration

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Difference between emigration and immigration

60
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Primary Socialisation

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learning through experiences and interactions when they are young through parents

61
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Pure Relationship

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enjoying each others unique characteristics and being supportive. genuine love

62
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Reconsistued Families

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Parts of 2 families that are brought together

63
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Roles

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Part played by a person in a particular situation

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Scapegoating

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A person who is made to bear blame for others

65
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Secularisation

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-decline of religion and they loose influence

66
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Segregated Gender Roles

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biological differences between male and female affecting roles

67
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Serial Monogonamy

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having lots of sexual relationships one after the other

68
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Social Construction

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When society creates something rather than it occuring naturally

69
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Stabilisation of Adult personalities

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When adults can relax and release tension in order to return to the work place

70
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Triple Shift

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Paid work emotional work and house work

71
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Toxic Childhood

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Technological changes

72
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Under class

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Lowest social class in a society

73
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Urbanisaiton

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Process of making an area more urban

74
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Warm Bath theory

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Safe haven of home life

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