sociology-families

Question 1

name 3 functionalists

Answer 1

-Parsons
-murdock
-willmott and young

Question 2

how did zaretsky believe the family serves capitalism?

Answer 2

-women’s unpaid labour
-passing on advantage e.g.inheritance
-unit of consumption

Question 3

how did delphy and leonard believe family is patriarchal?

Answer 3

–women are exploited economically
-family is hierarchal
-patriarchal family reflects patriarchal society

Question 4

what is stratified diffusion?

Answer 4

change in family life starts with higher social classes and trickles down

Question 5

how is family diverse?

Answer 5

-organisational
-cultural
-social class
-cohort
-life course

Question 6

what did parsons believe are the two functions of the family?

Answer 6

-primary socialisation
-stabilisation of the adult personality

Question 7

what did willmott and young discover about the family

Answer 7

family was becoming more symmetrical

Question 8

what is oakley’s dual burden?

Answer 8

women take on work inside and outside of the home

Question 9

what did murdock believe the functions of the family are?

Answer 9

-educational
-economic
-reproductive
-sex

Question 10

what is a social stigma?

Answer 10

disapproval of a person based on perceived characteristics

Question 11

what is canalisation?

Answer 11

the way a parent channels their children’s interests into toys/games

Question 12

what is monogamy?

Answer 12

being married to just one person

Question 13

what is a dysfunctional family?

Answer 13

conflict, emotional distress and potential abuse

Question 14

what are the consequences of divorce?

Answer 14

-co-parenting:shairing parenting duties
-legal aspect :custody of children
-economic effects :money divided
-community :may loose friends

Question 15

what is the contempory childhood like?

Answer 15

have an education, be looked after, can’t work to a minimum of 13

Question 16

what was the industrialised childhood look like?

Answer 16

work for hours for little pay or no pay in factories

Question 17

what was the pre-industrial childhood like?

Answer 17

help parents around the house, if they didn’t they would have to leave

Question 18

what is the second shift?

Answer 18

women are working more outside the home but are still doing the vast majority of the domestic work

Question 19

what is the triple shift?

Answer 19

the emotional work women do to take care of the family, the ‘mental load’

Question 20

what did willmott and young believe about conjugal roles?

Answer 20

realised roles were becoming more equal

Question 21

what is meant by conjugal roles?

Answer 21

conjugal roles are the roles divided between cohabiting or married couples

Question 22

what did murdock believe were the 4 functions of the family are?

Answer 22

1.educational
2.economic
3.reproductive
4.sexual

Question 23

who is the marxist?

Answer 23

zaretsky

Question 24

what did oakley discover about the conventional family?

Answer 24

1.women are expected to do unpaid work
2.idea of the conventional family is powerful
3.people expect happiness, but nuclear family ca be stressful
4.middle class-more family diversity

Question 25

what did rapoport and rapoport believe about the family?

Answer 25

5 types of family diversity: 1.organisational-structure of families 2.cultural-cultural/religious differences 3.social classes 4.cohort-historical differences 5.life course-differences in life cycle of family

Question 26

what did willmott and young discover about families?

Answer 26

-the family is becoming more symmetrical -principle of stratified diffusion: changes in family life start with higher classes and trickle down

Question 27

does parsons support nature or nurture and why?

Answer 27

nature because he believed behaviour was based on DNA/genes

Question 28

what does karl marx believe about the family?

Answer 28

the family only exists to further support the exploitation of the exploration of the proletariat by the bourgeoisie

Question 29

what are the three types of feminism?

Answer 29

-liberal feminists -radical feminists -marxist feminists

Question 30

what is a liberal feminist?

Answer 30

believe you should work within society to bring about change

Question 31

what is a radical feminist?

Answer 31

believe that the oppression of women is the most fundamental form of oppression

Question 32

what is a marxist feminist?

Answer 32

believe the oppression of women is the most fundamental form of oppression

Question 33

what are some reasons for a rise in the divorce rate?

Answer 33

-changed laws -value of marriage has changed -changing status of women -changing attitudes and values -secularisation

Question 34

what is parson's warm bath theory?

Answer 34

the family provides a warm loving home where the adults can be themselves and leave the stresses of modern society

Question 35

what is the instrumental role?

Answer 35

the family's provider

Question 36

what are the reasons for a rise in family diversity?

Answer 36

-same sex marriage is legal -divorce -change in culture -women have more rights -more immigration -changes in social values and attitudes -longer life expectancy

Question 37

what is the expressive role?

Answer 37

the family member who provides care and emotional support to other family members