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