overall family revision flashcards

Question 1

Birth rate

Answer 1

number of live births per thousand

Question 2

Childhood

Answer 2

socially defined age status, social construction

Question 3

Instrumental role

Answer 3

breadwinner

Question 4

Expressive role

Answer 4

emotional needs

Question 5

Segregated conjugal roles

Answer 5

separate roles

Question 6

Joint conjugal roles

Answer 6

share tasks

Question 7

Symmetrical family

Answer 7

family as equal and democratic

Question 8

March of progress

Answer 8

move towards symmetrical families

Question 9

Provider ideology

Answer 9

belief that some men hold that they should be breadwinners

Question 10

Triple shift

Answer 10

housework, paid work and childcare

Question 11

Cultural explanation of inequality

Answer 11

patriarchal norms and values

Question 12

Material explanation of inequality

Answer 12

women earning less than men

Question 13

Division of labour

Answer 13

How tasks are shared

Question 14

Allowance system

Answer 14

husbands give wives an allowance

Question 15

Pooling system

Answer 15

joint income

Question 16

Co-independence

Answer 16

sharing money but remain some control and independence

Question 17

Dark side of the family

Answer 17

Domestic violence

Question 18

Cult of childhood

Answer 18

move towards a society which is obsessed with childhood

Question 19

Information hierarchy

Answer 19

childhood emerged as a separate status along with print literacy

Question 20

Toxic childhood

Answer 20

technology has ruined childhood

Question 21

Age patriarchy

Answer 21

inequalities towards the elderly

Question 22

Acting up/down

Answer 22

acting older/younger to gain control

Question 23

Functional Fit Theory

Answer 23

family meets the needs of the society

Question 24

Ideological functions

Answer 24

family socialises children into accepting hierarchy

Question 25

Unit of consumption

Answer 25

Family is a source of profit and cheap labour

Question 26

Matrilocal household

Answer 26

All female households

Question 27

Dependency ratio

Answer 27

relationship between size of working and dependent population

Question 28

Super-diversity

Answer 28

migrants come from much wider countries

Question 29

Transnational identity

Answer 29

back and forth movements sees migrants less likely to be loyal to one identity.

Question 30

Assimilation

Answer 30

encourage migrants to adopt language, culture etc

Question 31

Multiculturalism

Answer 31

accept separate identities

Question 32

Desertion

Answer 32

one partner leaves but remain married

Question 33

Empty shell marriage

Answer 33

Loveless marriage

Question 34

Secularisation

Answer 34

Less religious influence

Question 35

Individualisation

Answer 35

pursuing own interests

Question 36

Pure relationship

Answer 36

satisfying each others needs

Question 37

Serial monogamy

Answer 37

pattern of marriage/long term relationships

Question 38

Quasi-marriage

Answer 38

same sex cohabitation

Question 39

Living apart together

Answer 39

In a relationship but not cohabitating

Question 40

Perverse incentive

Answer 40

reward irresponsible behaviour

Question 41

Dispersed extended family

Answer 41

living in same areas but not same house

Question 42

Beanpole family

Answer 42

long and narrow family tree

Question 43

Modernist

Answer 43

Fixed, clear cut and predictable structure.

Question 44

Postmodernist

Answer 44

Chaotic and unpredictable structure

Question 45

Neo-conventional family

Answer 45

dual earner family

Question 46

Top down view

Answer 46

Institutions affect behaviour

Question 47

Divorce extended family

Answer 47

family connected by previous marriages

Question 48

Individualisation Thesis

Answer 48

free and disembedded from traditional roles

Question 49

Negotiated family

Answer 49

do not conform to social norms

Question 50

Connectedness Thesis

Answer 50

choices are made within a web of connectedness