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42 Cards in this Set
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What is the family? |
Consists of people who are related by ties of: -blood -marriage -adoption -civil partnership -cohabitation |
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Households |
A group of people that share a home or living space. |
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Marriage |
A legally recognized relationship between two adults -40% Marriages are re-marriages. |
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Nuclear family |
a two generation family, consisting of parents and their dependent children. |
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Extended family |
Any family larger than nuclear family. There are different types of extended. |
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Matrilocal |
Living with or near to the wife's family |
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Traditional extended family |
A three generational matrilocal family in which family members have frequent face-to-face contact. |
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Patrilocal |
Living with or near to the husbands family. |
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Neolocal |
The couple set up their own home. |
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Polyandry. |
A rare form of marriage where the women has more than one partner. |
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Polygmy. |
The man has more than one marriage partner, common in Islamic countries. |
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Polygamy |
This term includes polyandry and polygamy. |
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Traditional nuclear family |
-Married parents -They had no cohabited before marriage and the white dress of the bride symbolized her virginity. -In the marriage ceremony they vowed to be together until death parted them. -Husband and wife have different roles;the man is the breadwinner and the wife the housewife/homemaker. |
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Households |
A group of people that share a home or living space. |
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Marriage |
A legally recognized relationship between two adults. |
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Nuclear family |
A two generation family, consisting of parents and their dependent children. |
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Extended family |
Any family larger than nuclear family. There are different types of extended family. -Dench ,Gavron and Young (2006) found that extended families in white communities are non existent but among the Bangladeshi community over a quarter lived in patrilocal extended families. |
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Cohabitation |
When people live together without being married e.g halls of residence. -21% of unmarried adults are cohabiting. -A reason for the increase in cohabiting is the increase in births outside of marriage - they now account for 1/3 of all births. |
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Divorce |
The legal termination of a marriage , leaving the couple free to marry. |
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Secular society |
A society that is not ruled by religious beliefs. |
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Serial Monogamy |
A person has more than one marriage partner in their lifetime. The main reason for increased serial monogamy is increased divorce rate. |
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Reconstituted families |
A family in which one or both partners has been married or cohabited before, and has a child or children creating step relationships. -Makes up 10% of families with dependent children. |
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Lone parent families. |
Families with only one parents. |
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Commune |
A group of people living together who agree to share at least some of their property. |
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Boomerang family |
A family in which non dependent children return home to live with their parents. |
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Beanpole |
A tall, narrow extended family often containing four (or five) generations. -The role of parents is an vital one in today's society were many parents work full time. Julia Brannen (2003) called grandparents the 'pivot generation' as they may be looking after their own (very elderly) parents and help with their grandparents child care. |
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Singlehood |
People living alone; elderly people, divorced separated, young adults living alone. |
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Conjugal roles |
The different roles of the husband and wife or couples living together as partners. |
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Symmetrical family. |
A family in which conjugal roles are similar but not identical. (Some sociologists use the words "shared" "joint" or "integrated" conjugal roles instead). |
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Housewife |
An unpaid roles, which made wives financially dependent on their husbands. |
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Househusband |
A man with the main responsibilities for domestic tasks such as childcare, whose partner is the main breadwinner. |
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The "dark side" of the family. |
A situation in which family life damages its members. |
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Child abuse. |
Harm cause to a child or young person under 18 by and adult. |
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Domestic violence |
Threatening behavior , violence or abuse (psychological, emotional, physical, sexual or financial) committed by a family member against another. |
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What do the functionalist sociologists think the functions of the family are? |
1. Regulation of sex 2. Reproduction 3. Physical care 4. Socialization and social control 5. Emotional and Economic support 7. A place in society 8. Social mobility- Achieving a different social class than family (gaining an education and attaining a higher social class or going prison or illness and attaining a lower social class. 9. Geographical mobility- moving away. CREPS SSG |
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Criticism of family functions? |
-Feminists argue FF benefits men as women provide emotional and physical care even if they are in paid work as well. They gender inequalities are passed onto the next generation through socialization. -Marxists argue that family benefits the ruling class, The family provides a new generation of workers, families also provide also provide emotional and physical support to keep them able to go out and make money for the ruling classes. -Other people are pointing out that the family is not functioning as well as it used to, many women are remaining childless.12,500 children were on the child protection register in 2007 (suggesting a lack of physical care) and in Mental Health Survey 2004 10% of 5-16 year olds had a mental disorder (suggesting a lack of emotional care). |
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Criticism of the nuclear family? |
-MEN DOMINATED OVER WOMEN
-ROLE OF WOMEN FULFILLING
-HAPPY FAMILY IMAGE HIDES DARK SIDE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND ABUSE
-WOMEN HAD FEW CHOICES SINGLE + SINGLE PARENT CONSIDERED DEVIANT
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Points against the nuclear family being universal? |
-The Nayar people of India in the 1800's. The women has a ritual husbands but would have up to 12 'visiting husbands'. The woman and children were looked after by the female relatives and brothers. -Polyandry common in Tibet where there is a lack of fertile land and a low population. The woman may marry brother, in this way a farm can be cared for, the children are all relayed and the men do not know who is biologically theirs so treat all children as their own. |
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What are the main reasons that traditional family life is changing in Britain? |
-The changes made to the Divorce Act in 1971 -The subsequent increased divorce -Religion having less of an influence on people -Couples cohabiting rather than marrying -Children being born outside of marriage |
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Reasons why marriage is declining? |
-Church weddings are expensive , formal and religious -Feminists argue that women are aware of the exploitation of marriage and the nuclear family -Cohabitation is seen as preparation for marriage -Religion has become less influential so cohabitation has become more acceptable. |
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Why has divorce rate increased? |
-CHANGE IN ATTITUDE -CHANGE IN EXPECTATION OF MARRIAGE -CHANGE ROLE OF WOMEN -ISOLATION FROM WIDER EXTENDED FAMILY = LESS EMOTIONAL SUPPORT THROUGH TOUGH TIMES -LACK OF CHILDREN -LONGER LIFE EXPECTANCY>REFLECTION |
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What are the effects of divorce? |
-H+W DIVIDE POSSESSIONS, DECIDE WHO LIVE WHERE, CUSTODY OF CHILDREN, RIGHTS OF CHILDREN WHO DOES NOT HAVE CUSTODY OF CHILDREN -CHILDREN OF DIVORCED PARENTS MORE LIKELY TO LIVE IN POVERTY, BECOME ANTI SOCIAL, DO LESS WELL AT SCHOOL, AS ADULTS HAVE PAID JOBS, BECOME PARENTS AT YOUNG AGE, USE DRUGS AND SMOKE AND DRINK A LOT -PEOPLE REMARRY SUGGESTS NOT VALUES OF MARRIAGE BUT BAD PARTNER 1ST TIME. -REMARRIAGE CREATES RECONSTITUTED AND BLENDED FAMILIES. |
