Main Part Of Sociology Flashcards
(42 cards)
Murdock?
Studied 250 different cultures found a form of nuclear family
What are the 4 functions of family did Murdock find?
Reproductive
Sexual
Economic
Educational
What are the 2 roles of family according to parson?
Primary socialisation
Give emotional support
Family before industrialisation?
Extended
Owned means of production
Worked from home
Family’s after industrialisation?
Nuclear
Specialised institutions supported family like NHS
Geographical mobile
Marxist view on family?
Serves need of capitalism
Promotes values
Marcuse
Marxist-family pursue false needs
Benston
Marxist feminists-women do unpaid domestic labour keeps men in workforce and women act as “reserve army of labour”
What influences state policy?
New right
What views do new right have on family?
Traditional
Disagree with contraception, abortion, divorce, homosexuality and lone parents undermine family
Who does tax and welfare benefit
Heterosexual married couples
Who is Child benefits given to?
Mother which reinforces women should stay at home and look after the kids
Birth rate has
Decreased
Why has birth rate decreased
- Decline in infant mortality rate
2. Change in women’s position
Why has fertility rate decreased?
- Reliable birth control
2. Women delay kids
What effects has the increase in age population had?
- Life expectancy
- Increase in one person household
Ross et al kids spend more time with grandparents increase in beanpole family’s
What do feminists and Postmodernists think about family diversity?
It’s good as it gives more personal choice and rejects patriarchy
What do Functionalists and new right think about family diversity
Bad it creates a crisis as increase in anti social behaviour such as crime
Wilkinsons view on decline in marriage
It’s a result of gender quake
Smiths view on decline in marriage
Feminist it creates unrealistic expectations of monogamy
Morgan’s view on decline in marriage
Unique attachment is being lost
Is the decline in marriage bad?
- People aren’t rejecting it there delaying it
2. British social attitudes marriage is still seen as a life goal
How many marriages are re marriages
2/5
New rights view on cohabitation
Less stable then marriage
Morgan cohabiting couples are less happy Murphy kids are likely to get lower grades