Sociology (0495) - Family - Perspectives

Which perspective believes, "the family benefits the Capitalists"?

• Functionalists

• Marxists

• Feminists

• New right

Which of the following is a function of the family according to the Functionalists?

• Keeping the workforce healthy

• Primary socialization

• Men as the breadwinners

• There are no functions

Who suggested that 'families need fathers'?

• Marxists

• Functionalists

• Feminists

• New Right

Who suggested that families are becoming symmetrical?

• Young and Willmott

• Charles Murray

• Karl Marx

• Ann Oakley

Who suggested that the symmetrical family is exaggerated?

• Ann Oakley

• Charles Murray

• The functionalists

• Young and Willmott

Who argued that there is a loss of function in modern industrial societies?

• The New Right

• The Marxists

• The Functionalists

• The Feminists

Who suggests that too many functions lead to a loss of function?

• Edmund Leach

• Marxists

• New right

• Feminists

Who suggested that families are 'Patriarchal Institutions'?

• Marxists

• New Right

• Feminists

• Functionalists

Who are the followers of Karl Marx?

• Functionalists

• New Right

• Marxists

• Feminists

Marriage is a function of the family.

• True

• False