Sociology of the family

  1. Developed by: Trevor james

Question 1: The family can be objectively defined
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Question 2: Functionalists believe that the nuclear family is the basis of all known societies
 True
 False

Question 3: Economic cooperation is a function of the family
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Question 4: The extended family developed after the industrial revolution
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Question 5: The state has become involved in many functions that the family used to perform in the past
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 False

Question 6: Stabilization of adult personality is a function of the family
 True
 False

Question 7: The inward-looking, privatized nuclear family developed later than Talcott Parsons believed
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Question 8: About 50% of households in the UK contain extended family
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Question 9: Marxists believe that the nuclear family is a useful institution helping the workers to live better lives
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Question 10: Functionalists and Marxists both recognize the importance of the nuclear family
 True
 False

Question 11: Gender is the most important aspect of social structure so far as Marxists are concerned
 True
 False

Question 12: Radical feminists believe that women can gradually get a better deal in society and the family through equal rights laws
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Question 13: Black feminists believe that the benefits of the nuclear family have been overlooked
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Question 14: Liberal feminists argue that capitalism is the main problem facing women in society/the family
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Question 15: Marxist-feminists argue that women are economically exploited in a class-based society
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Question 16: Post-modernists reject the possibility of generalizing about family life
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Question 17: The housewife role developed in the 19th century
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Question 18: The family wage was a helpful development for women according to radical feminist writers
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Question 19: Most people become single parents through widowhood
 True
 False

Question 20: Cohabitation has been declining over the past 20 years
 True
 False

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