Name:_______________________________ Date:____________________

AS Revision Paragraph: Family Diversity

Task: Working in pairs only, complete the blanks using notes only—no textbooks allowed.

Modernist such as __________________ and the __________________ see only the

conventional ____________________________________ and other family types as

dysfunctional or deviant. __________________ sees only one change – the

__________________ family, whereas the __________________ identify five types of

diversity.

Sociologists influenced by __________________ and social action theories reject

structural views. They believe individuals today have more __________________ in

their relationships and family practices, and use __________________ to uncover their

meaning.

Gender equality and increased choice are producing both __________________ and risk

and instability since people can now leave unsatisfying relationships. Couples now

seek the __________________, based solely on satisfying their own needs.

While the __________________ and functionalism oppose diversity, postmodernists and

__________________ welcome it since it represents freedom, especially from

__________________ oppression.

Word Bank: Use each word only once!

functionalists choice diversity Nuclear family as normal

Life course analysis

New Right Neo-conventional Rapoports

ChesterPure

relationshipPatriarchal

Feminists postmodernism

New Right