Which one of these are not one of Murdock's four functions?
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Economical functions
Reproduction of the next generation
Stable satisfaction of the sex drive of the same partner
Stabilisation of adult personalities
Question 2
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Which one of these did Parsons say was true?
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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
Question 3
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Fletcher said that the family has lost it's functions
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True
False
Question 4
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Which TWO of these did Charles Murray say are functions the nuclear family performs that are beneficial for family and society?
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Stability
Reproduction
Socialisation
Teaching children norms and values of society
Question 5
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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'
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Biologically determined
Organic analogy
Question 6
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'Dependency culture' means people who become too reliant on benefits that they can no longer help it
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True
False
Question 7
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What are the two classes that Karl Marx says there is in a capitalist society
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Upper class
Working class
Capitalist class
Middle class
Question 8
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Karl Marx says capitalists exploit the working class
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True
False
Question 9
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What did Engels believe in ?
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Passing down of wealth
Working class should be paid more
Question 10
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What type of relationship did Engels think was the best?
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Monogamous
Polygamy
Arranged marriage
Serial monogamy
Question 11
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Althusser believed in 'Ideological functions', what does this mean?
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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.
Question 12
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Zaretsky said 'Family offers haven from the outside world where you are exploited'
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True
False
Question 13
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Which feminists say 'gender inequality is decreasing because of policies and legal changes e.g. Equal Pay Act'
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Liberal
Radical
Marxist
Question 14
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Which feminists say 'Male domination causes women's oppression. Men benefit from the family because women do unpaid domestic tasks and free sex'
Answer
Liberal
Radical
Marxist
Question 15
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Which feminists say 'Women's oppression started with capitalism and they are a reserve army of cheap labour'