Sociology - The Family

What is meant by a single parent family?

What is meant by a nucleur family?

What is meant by a step family?

What is meant by extended family?

What is meant by a same sex family?

What is meant by a foster family?

What is meant by a neo- conventional family?

What is a modified extended family?

What is an empty- nest family?

What is the symmetrical family?

When a person experiences a wide range of family types in their life time this is called?

Define cultural diversity

Why has there been a decline in the nucleur family?

Describe functionalists view on the family

What does the nucleur family perform?

What is the new right?

How did the new right promote the nucleur family?

What are negatives of functionalism and the new right?

Describe Marxists view on the family

How do Marxists think the family promotes social class reproduction?

Describe the feminists view of the family

What is a post - moderist view?

How has th family changed throughout the years?

Who claimed that the symmetrical family was the norm in Britain

What are reasons of the symmetrical family?

What are reasons for families becoming more child centred with better relationships?

Why have family sizes become smaller?

Name and describe 7 explanations for recent increases in divorce

Reason 2

Reason 3:

Reason 4:

Reason 5)

Reason 6)

Reason 7)

Name 4 reasons why there are more loan parent families

Reason 2)

Reason 3)

reason 4)

Explanations for increased cohabitation

Name the consequences of an increased number of divorce for husbands/wives?

Consequences of an increased number of divorce for children

Who claims that the typical family structure has changed from extended to nucleur?