Unit 4: Family

Question 1

empty shell marriage

Question 2

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Demographic Trends

Question 3

Arranged Marriage

Answer 3

marriage partners are chosen by older family members rather than peopel choosing their own partners

Question 4

Beanpole Family

Question 5

Birth Rate

Question 6

Boomerang Family

Question 7

Cereal packet family

Answer 7

the stereotypical nuclear family od mother father and children with traditional gender roles that is often shown in advertisements

Question 8

child centeredness

Question 9

Civil partnership

Answer 9

a relationship between two people usually of the same sex that has been formally registered giving them similar rights to married couples

Question 10

Cohabitation

Answer 10

two peopel who are not married to each other. iving together in an intimate relationship

Question 11

Commune

Answer 11

a group of people who choose to live together and share atleast soem of their property

Question 12

Conjugal Roles

Question 13

Dark side of the family

Question 14

Death rate

Question 15

Divorce

Answer 15

the formal, legal ending of a marriage

Question 16

Divorce Rate

Answer 16

the number of divorces per year per 1000 people

Question 17

Domestic division of labour

Question 18

Domestic Violence

Question 19

Dual burden

Question 20

dual worker families

Question 21

dysfunctional families

Question 22

empty-nest families

Question 23

Extended families

Answer 23

a nuclear family living with other relatives such as grandparents or great grandparents or aunts, uncles and cousins

Question 24

Family diversity

Answer 24

the increase in the number of different types of families

Question 25

Family functions

Answer 25

the functions the family has, that is, what roles it plays and for whom, according to the functionalist theory

Question 26

family roles

Question 27

feminism

Answer 27

a theoretical perspective that is mainly interested in issues of gender inequality and on the position of women in the family and in society

Question 28

fertility rate

Question 29

gender

Question 30

gender equality

Question 31

household unit

Answer 31

the group of people living together in the same residence and sharing living space

Question 32

industrialisation

Question 33

joint conjugal roles

Question 34

kinship

Answer 34

when the ties between people are related by descent (having a common ancestor) by marriage and by adoption

Question 35

marital breakdown

Question 36

marriage

Answer 36

the formal joining of a man and a woman in a relationship with rights and responsibilities; some countries now allow same sex marriages

Question 37

matriarchy

Answer 37

when the mother is the head of the household, with authority over the men and children in the household

Question 38

matrifocal family

Answer 38

one in which the mother heads the family and the father has a less important role in the family and in bringing up children

Question 39

modern industrial societies

Question 40

monogamy

Answer 40

being married to one person at a time

Question 41

nuclear family

Answer 41

made up of an adult man and an adult woman who are married, or in a relationship and living together with dependant children

Question 42

one parent household

Question 43

one parent/single parent families

Answer 43

one parent and their dependant child living together

Question 44

one person household

Answer 44

when only one person lives in a residence

Question 45

patriarchy

Answer 45

a term used by feminsits to describe societies and organisations (including family) in which men are dominant and women are subordinate

Question 46

polyandry

Answer 46

when a woman has more than one husband at the same time

Question 47

polygamy

Answer 47

being married to more than one person at the same time, for example a man with several wives, or a woman with several husbands

Question 48

polygyny

Answer 48

when a man has more than one wife at the same time

Question 49

primary socialisation

Answer 49

the process by which infants and young children absorb the basic norms and values of their culture

Question 50

reconstituted family

Answer 50

after the death of a partner or a divorce, a new family that is created by someone remarrying

Question 51

secularisation

Question 52

segregated conjugal roles

Question 53

serial monogamy

Answer 53

when someone has more than one marriage partner during their life, but only one at any given time

Question 54

step child

Answer 54

a child who lives with one biological parent and one step parent

Question 55

step parent

Answer 55

after remarriage a step-parent shares with their new partner, parental responsibility for children from previosu marriages

Question 56

symmetrical family

Question 57

traditional conjugal roles

Question 58

traditional societies

Answer 58

non modern societies, contrasted with modern societies

Question 59

urbanisation