Family Revision activities 2014
With the following activities – aim to recap core
knowledge..but then start to try and:
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Explain points – check understanding
Relate to debates
Consider different theoretical views
Make links between factors
Think about which points you will emphasise
most in your answers
Family Revision 1
Key terms review
BEANPOLE FAMILY
BIRTH RATE
CEREAL-PACKET
FAMILY
CHILD-CENTREDNESS
COHABITATION
CONJUGAL ROLES
MORTALITY RATE
DEPENDENCY RATIO
DIVORCE
DIVORCE RATE
DUAL BURDEN
EMPTY SHELL
MARRIAGE
EXPRESSIVE ROLE
EXTENDED FAMILY
FAMILY
FERTILITY RATE
JOINT CONJUGAL
ROLES
INFANT MORTALITY
RATE
LONE PARENT
FAMILY
MARCH OF
PROGRESS
MARRIAGE
MARRIAGE RATE
NET MIGRATION
NEO-CONVENTIONAL
FAMILY
PATRIARCHY
PRIMARY
SOCIALISATION
RECONSTITUTED
FAMILY
SECULARISATION
SEGREGATED
CONJUGAL ROLES
SERIAL MONOGAMY
SOCIAL
CONSTRUCTION
STABILISATION OF
ADULT PERSONALITY
STRUCTURALLY
ISOLATION
SYMMETRICAL FAMILY
URBANISATION
WARM BATH THEORY
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
ALIENATION
AGEISM
TOXIC CHILDHOOD
DUAL WORKER
FAMILY
INSTRUMENTAL
ROLE
LOOSE SOCIAL
NETWORKS
KINSHIP TIES
STAGE 3 FAMILY
WELFARE
DEPENDENCY
Family Revision 2
Role of the Family
Focus
• What functions does the family perform for society?
• How does the family support (or harm) individuals?
• How does the family link to the rest of society?
• Is the family a positive or negative institution?
Family Revision 2
Functionalism
The family and
individuals
Who benefits
most?
Teaching norms
and values
Social control
Links to economy
Marxism
Key concepts to sort (Functionalist and Marxist)
Sexual function
Inheritance and
private property
‘goodness of fit’
Dislike of nuclear
family model
G P Murdock
Reproductive function
Reduces alienation
and frustration
Parsons
Althusser
Ideological
condititioning
Socialisation function
(education)
Economic function
(shelter, food etc)
Bias towards
nuclear family
Stabilisation of adult
personality
Engels
Primary socialisation
Love and support
Buffer to revolution
Warm bath theory
Zaretsky
Evaluation
Functionalism
(pages 2/3)
Marxism
(pages 4/5)
Family Revision 2
Functionalism
The family and
individuals
Who benefits
most?
Teaching norms
and values
Social control
Links to economy
Feminism (general)
Key points/studies
Marxist
Feminism
Main argument –
Benston:
Ansley :
Radical
feminism
Main argument -
Millett:
Gittens:
Liberal
feminism
Main argument –
Young & Willmott:
Somerville:
Evaluation
Role of family - diamond 9
Sexual, economic,
reproduction and
educational role
Nuclear family is to
pass on wealth
through inheritance
Warm bath = eases
tensions
Family prevents
revolution
Domestic labour
harms women
Capitalism mainly
benefits from
families
Escape ‘adult role’
Family promotes
ideology
Men are the enemy
Don’t forget…
• Dark side of the family (domestic violence/abuse)
• Mental health and family life
Exam ‘style’ questions
• Using material from Item 2B and
elsewhere, assess the Marxist view that
the main role of the family is to serve the
interests of capitalism. (24 marks)
• Using material from Item 2B and elsewhere,
assess the Functionalist view of the role of the
family in society(24 marks)
Family Revision 1
Conjugal roles
Conjugal Roles Revision
Evidence/arguments
For/against
Symmetrical family
Young & Willmott
Bott
Social Networks
Decision making
Childcare
Finances
Invisible work
Gender role socialisation
Domestic appliances
Dual workers
Equal opportunities policies
Social class differences
Ethnic differences
March of progress
Jan Pahl
Ann Oakley
Social construction of housewife role
Gershuny
Patriarchy
For equality
Against equality
Family Revision 1
Demography
Demography consolidation
Causes
Birth Rate
decline
Fertility rate
Life
expectancy
Effects
Sociology stuff
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Death rate
decline
Ageing
Migration
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Elderly in poverty
Pressure on NHS
Welfare dependency
Dependency ratio
Better healthcare
Better nutrition/diet
Benefits/pensions
Improved housing
Pressure on families
Smaller families
Equal opps and
women’s careers
Safer working
conditions
Improved sanitation
Better health education
More people live alone
Extra work for women
Contraception
Changing attitudes
Decline of religion
Children expensive
Cohabitation
Border control
Flee war/disaster
Globalisation
Family Revision 1
Family Diversity
Family Diversity
Growth in diversity
Sociology stuff
Rappoports
Chester
Cereal Packet Image
Parsons ‘goodness of fit’
Stage 3 Family
Ideology of the family
Organisational diversity
Class diversity
Cohort diversity
Dual worker families
Single parents
People living along
Reconstituted
Childless couples
Cohabitation
Gay couples
Allan & Crowe
economic instability
Less stigma
rise of individualism
Secularisation
Apartners
Immigration
Jeffrey Weeks
Contraception
IVF
Equal opportunities
women’s careers
Divorce laws
Changing attitudes
‘neo-conventional family’
Life cycle
Cheal
Feminist views
New Right views
Post Modern views
Nuclear is Norm
Family Revision 1
Social Policies
Social Policies
Support Nuc.
Sociology stuff
Policies
1. Raise school leaving age
2. Sell of council houses.
3. Increase welfare benefits.
4. Married couples tax
5. Divorce laws
6. Recognise ‘civil partnerships’
7. Increasing maternity leave
8. Surestart children centres
9. Child Support Agency
10. Extended nursery places
Theories
1. Welfare dependency
2. Stability and discipline
3. Escape patriarchy
4. Escape domestic violence
5. Overcowding
6. Child poverty
7. Gender regimes
Weaken Nuc.
Family Revision 1
Causes of Divorce
Divorce- diamond 9
People have high
expectations of
marriage
Easier to get divorce
(change in law)
Changing attitudes
(less stigma)
Women’s careers
and expectations
Opportunities to
escape marriage
Decline of religion
Conflict in
relationships
increasing
Financial stress
Confluent love
increased
What do Feminists and the New Right think about these issues?
Family Revision 1
Effects of Divorce
Effects of Divorce
On children
New Right
• Lack of role model
• Discipline
• Child poverty
• Poor housing
• Behaviour problems
• Educational
underachievement
• Teen pregnancy
• Instability – moving
house
Feminists
• Better to have quality
parenting ‘one loving
parent’
On Society
On adults
New Right
• Single parents = welfare
dependency
• Rising crime
• Men lose home
• Men struggle to survive
financially
• Both adults affected by
financial costs of
divorce
• Losing contact with
wider family members/
friends
• Loneliness
• Affect self esteem/
sense of being a failure/
guilt
Feminists
• Women are free from
unhealthy relationships
Family Revision 1
Marriage and Cohabitation
Marriage and Cohabitation
Caused fewer marriages
Sociology Stuff
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Changing attitudes
Secularisation
Less stigma
Changes in position of women
Fear of divorce
Increase in cohabitation
Cost of weddings
Role models in media