Quiz

Question 1

What type of family has many generations but not many within each generation?

Answer 1

Bean Pole

Question 2

Which sociologist coined the term ‘Warm Bath Theory?’

Answer 2

Parsons

Question 3

Name 1 way in which childhood could be said to be toxic

Answer 3

junk food, technology and video games, lack of parental engagement

Question 4

Which sociologist is associated with the ‘sociology of personal life’?

Answer 4

Carol Smart

Question 5

Which sociologist thinks that childhood is disappearing?

Answer 5

Postman

Question 6

Identify 1 government policy from the last 40 years which has impacted the family

Answer 6

Children’s Act, Paternity Leave, Child Support Agency, Equal Pay Act

Question 7

Which sociologist completed a study looking at housewives and housework?

Answer 7

Anne Oakley

Question 8

What is the triple shift?

Answer 8

Emotional Support, Paid Work, Domestic Labour

Question 9

Which family type has the mother in charge?

Answer 9

matrifocal

Question 10

Which perspective believes that the traditional family is disintegrating which is leading to the collapse of society?

Answer 10

New Right

Question 11

What is the general trend in births since 1900?

Answer 11

decline

Question 12

Give 1 reason for the rise in divorce

Answer 12

Divorce Reform Act, Rise in expectations, Changing roles of women

Question 13

What is a social norm?

Answer 13

unwritten rule of behaviour

Question 14

Define the term infant mortality rate

Answer 14

the number of infant deaths before their first birthday per thousand live births per year

Question 15

What is the difference between an arranged married and a forced marriage?

Answer 15

arranged means they still have a choice, but a forced doesn’t have choice and is illegal

Question 16

How often is the UK census completed?

Answer 16

10 years

Question 17

What is migration?

Answer 17

the movement from one country to another

Question 18

What term is used to describe a family where there are multiple wives?

Answer 18

Polygamy

Question 19

What is a symmetrical family?

Answer 19

where there is equality between the partners in terms of domestic labour and decision making

Question 20

What is the definition of fertility rate?

Answer 20

the average number of children a women will have during her childbearing years

Question 21

What is the expressive role?

Answer 21

the emotional support and caring role

Question 22

Which sociologist is associated with toxic childhood?

Answer 22

Sue Palmer

Question 23

What does the term ‘dark side of the family’ refer to?

Answer 23

abuse and violence in the family

Question 24

What is a neo-conventional family?

Answer 24

duel earning family with traditional roles

Question 25

Give 1 reason for the rise in cohabitation

Answer 25

secularisation, less stigma, women's financial independence

Question 26

Who are the 2 main functionalist thinkers who discuss the family?

Answer 26

Murdock and Parsons

Question 27

What is the definition of death rate?

Answer 27

number of deaths per year per 1000 of the population

Question 28

What are three types of feminism?

Answer 28

radical, marxist and liberal

Question 29

What is the postmodernist view of the family?

Answer 29

we create the family that suits are needs at that moment in time

Question 30

What is meant by Joint Conjugal Roles?

Answer 30

partners share the domestic labour and leisure time

Question 31

What is the term for when society and families focus on the needs of the children?

Answer 31

child centred

Question 32

Define the term family

Answer 32

a group of people bonded by blood or legal means

Question 33

What is the divorce rate?

Answer 33

the number of divorces per 1000 married couple per year

Question 34

Who is associated with the negotiated family and individualisation theory?

Answer 34

Beck

Question 35

What is the general trend in marriages in the past 50 years?

Answer 35

decline

Question 36

Identify 1 inequality between children and adults

Answer 36

neglect, abuse, control over time

Question 37

Give 1 reason for the change in the position of children

Answer 37

introduction of compulsory school, child protection legislation, children's rights, declining family size

Question 38

What is a pure relationship?

Answer 38

a relationship that is held together by choice and love, not tradition or social norms

Question 39

Give 1 reason for the rise in the symmetrical family

Answer 39

changing role of women, new technology, higher standards of living

Question 40

What is age patriarchy?

Answer 40

adult domination over children

Question 41

Which sociologists are associated with the March of Progress View?

Answer 41

Wilmott and Young

Question 42

What is the difference between Emigration and Immigration?

Answer 42

Emigration = leaving the country Immigration = entering the country

Question 43

Who looked into the historical differences in childhood?

Answer 43

Aries

Question 44

What is the information hierarchy?

Answer 44

the division between adults who can read and children who can't

Question 45

Pahland Volger identified 2 ways that money is controlled in the family. What are they?

Answer 45

Pooling and Allowance

Question 46

What is the dependency ratio?

Answer 46

the relationship between the working population and non working/dependent population

Question 47

What is meant by fictive kin?

Answer 47

friends that you treat as family

Question 48

Who suggested that domestic violence is caused by patriarchy and the need for men to assert their power over women?

Answer 48

Dobash and Dobash

Question 49

What is the duel burden?

Answer 49

domestic labour and emotional support

Question 50

Which perspective sees the rising divorce rate as meaning that people have more choice over their lives?

Answer 50

Postmodernism

Question 51

What is the instrumental role?

Answer 51

the breadwinner and disciplinarian of the family usually the male

Question 52

What is meant by a social construct?

Answer 52

social phenomena that is created and varies from society to society

Question 53

Give 1 reason for the decline in the birth rate

Answer 53

changing role of women, decline in infant mortality

Question 54

Give 1 reason for the rise of lone parent families

Answer 54

changing role of women, rise of divorce, single by choice

Question 55

Who is associated with the cultural explanation for the domestic division of labour?

Answer 55

Dunne

Question 56

What is the information hierarchy?

Answer 56

the division between adults who can read and children who can't