Identify Murdock’s four functions of the family

A: Sexual; Reproductive; Economic; Educational

B: Sexual; Housing; Socialisation; Food

C: Cosmetic; Reproduction; Intrinsic; Extrinsic

D: Marxist; Functionalist; Feminist; Radical

A: Sexual; Reproductive; Economic; Educational

B: Sexual; Housing; Socialisation; Food

C: Cosmetic; Reproduction; Intrinsic; Extrinsic

D: Marxist; Functionalist; Feminist; Radical

What conclusion about the family did Murdock come to in 1940s?

A: It’s important so society can function

B: The family is inevitable, universal and is found in all societies

C: It helps stop feminists dominate the family

D: The family will become an extinct idea

A: It’s important so society can function

B: The family is inevitable, universal and is found in all societies

C: It helps stop feminists dominate the family

D: The family will become an extinct idea

Identify one aspect of family life functionalists ignore

A: Alternative householdsB: Problems with familiesC: Too idealisticD: Child careE: Exploitation of womenF: Violence within the home

A: Alternative householdsB: Problems with familiesC: Too idealisticD: Child careE: Exploitation of womenF: Violence within the home

How do Marxists view the family?

A: As functioning as well as can be expected

B: The family provides a useful function for women

C: As somewhere men can be sexual fulfilled

D: The family is a tool of capitalism which allows the ruling-class to exploit the working class

A: As functioning as well as can be expected

B: The family provides a useful function for women

C: As somewhere men can be sexual fulfilled

D: The family is a tool of capitalism which allows the ruling-class to exploit the working class

How did Engels view the family?

A: As pointless in a capitalist economy

B: As having a similar function to Murdock

C: It had an economic function allowing the ruling-class to pass their wealth from one generation to the next

D: As facilitating matriarchal rule within households

A: As pointless in a capitalist economy

B: As having a similar function to Murdock

C: It had an economic function allowing the ruling-class to pass their wealth from one generation to the next

D: As facilitating matriarchal rule within households

How did Althusser view the function of the family?

A: that in order for capitalism to survive people must be taught how to think and behave, and the family (as well as schools and the mass media) was the best mechanism for doing thisB: that for society to function correctly capitalist oppression needs to facilitated by familial structuralismC: that gender regimes function best when women preserve the status quo in structural dynamics

A: that in order for capitalism to survive people must be taught how to think and behave, and the family (as well as schools and the mass media) was the best mechanism for doing thisB: that for society to function correctly capitalist oppression needs to facilitated by familial structuralismC: that gender regimes function best when women preserve the status quo in structural dynamics

What are the two main functions of the family for Parsons?

A: stabilisation of gender and power relations

B: primary socialisation of parents and stabilisation of children’s personalities

C: primary socialisation of grandparents and the stabilisation of adult personalities

D: primary socialisation of children & stabilisation of adult personalities

A: stabilisation of gender and power relations

B: primary socialisation of parents and stabilisation of children’s personalities

C: primary socialisation of grandparents and the stabilisation of adult personalities

D: primary socialisation of children & stabilisation of adult personalities

What do you understand by the term role allocation?

A: within the isolated nuclear family, members are allocated particular rolesB: within the isolated nuclear family, members have free rolesC: within the isolated nuclear family members are allocated dynamic rolesD: within the isolated nuclear family members are free to change their particular roles

A: within the isolated nuclear family, members are allocated particular rolesB: within the isolated nuclear family, members have free rolesC: within the isolated nuclear family members are allocated dynamic rolesD: within the isolated nuclear family members are free to change their particular roles

What is Parson’s sexual division of labour?

A: Within the isolated nuclear family members are allocated particular roles (role allocation) in order for it function correctly: men have a free role; women have expressive role

B: Within the isolated nuclear family members are allocated particular roles (role allocation) in order for it function correctly: men have instrumental role; women have expressive role

C: Within the isolated nuclear family members are allocated particular roles (role allocation) in order for it function correctly: men have expressive role; women have instrumental role

A: Within the isolated nuclear family members are allocated particular roles (role allocation) in order for it function correctly: men have a free role; women have expressive role

B: Within the isolated nuclear family members are allocated particular roles (role allocation) in order for it function correctly: men have instrumental role; women have expressive role

C: Within the isolated nuclear family members are allocated particular roles (role allocation) in order for it function correctly: men have expressive role; women have instrumental role

Identify and explain Parsons’ ‘isolated nuclear family’

A: Parson’s identified the families in modern industrial society as being isolated because it they’re only found in the industrial North of BritainB: Parson’s argued the isolated nuclear family is free from tradition and so women are better able to find work outside the homeC: The isolated nuclear family is freed from the obligations of wider kin and therefore is better able to adapt to the requirements of modern industrial society – such as moving around the country looking for work

A: Parson’s identified the families in modern industrial society as being isolated because it they’re only found in the industrial North of BritainB: Parson’s argued the isolated nuclear family is free from tradition and so women are better able to find work outside the homeC: The isolated nuclear family is freed from the obligations of wider kin and therefore is better able to adapt to the requirements of modern industrial society – such as moving around the country looking for work