Theories of the family quiz

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A-Level (Family and households) Sociology Test sobre Theories of the family quiz, creado por charlotteruddy el 26/03/2015.
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Pregunta 1

Pregunta
Which one of these are not one of Murdock's four functions?
Respuesta
  • Economical functions
  • Reproduction of the next generation
  • Stable satisfaction of the sex drive of the same partner
  • Stabilisation of adult personalities

Pregunta 2

Pregunta
Which one of these did Parsons say was true?
Respuesta
  • Nuclear family was best for industrial society but extended family for pre-industrial society
  • Extended family best for industrial society but nuclear family for pre-industrial society

Pregunta 3

Pregunta
Fletcher said that the family has lost it's functions
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 4

Pregunta
Which TWO of these did Charles Murray say are functions the nuclear family performs that are beneficial for family and society?
Respuesta
  • Stability
  • Reproduction
  • Socialisation
  • Teaching children norms and values of society

Pregunta 5

Pregunta
What is this the definition of ... 'Men are best suited to make a living and women are meant to have children and look after them'
Respuesta
  • Biologically determined
  • Organic analogy

Pregunta 6

Pregunta
'Dependency culture' means people who become too reliant on benefits that they can no longer help it
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 7

Pregunta
What are the two classes that Karl Marx says there is in a capitalist society
Respuesta
  • Upper class
  • Working class
  • Capitalist class
  • Middle class

Pregunta 8

Pregunta
Karl Marx says capitalists exploit the working class
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 9

Pregunta
What did Engels believe in ?
Respuesta
  • Passing down of wealth
  • Working class should be paid more

Pregunta 10

Pregunta
What type of relationship did Engels think was the best?
Respuesta
  • Monogamous
  • Polygamy
  • Arranged marriage
  • Serial monogamy

Pregunta 11

Pregunta
Althusser believed in 'Ideological functions', what does this mean?
Respuesta
  • Family passes on a set of ideas to their children that justifies inequality. However, the family persuades the members that what happens in society is fair.
  • Family passes down the functions that they have in the family to their children and this carries on with each generation.

Pregunta 12

Pregunta
Zaretsky said 'Family offers haven from the outside world where you are exploited'
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 13

Pregunta
Which feminists say 'gender inequality is decreasing because of policies and legal changes e.g. Equal Pay Act'
Respuesta
  • Liberal
  • Radical
  • Marxist

Pregunta 14

Pregunta
Which feminists say 'Male domination causes women's oppression. Men benefit from the family because women do unpaid domestic tasks and free sex'
Respuesta
  • Liberal
  • Radical
  • Marxist

Pregunta 15

Pregunta
Which feminists say 'Women's oppression started with capitalism and they are a reserve army of cheap labour'
Respuesta
  • Liberal
  • Radical
  • Marxist
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