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WorksheetsMega Quiz 2: Family & Relationships
Total questions: 100
Worksheet time: 50mins
A family is a group of two or more parents and their children living together as a unit.
True
False
Who is credited with the idea of the nuclear family?
George Clarke
George Murdock
George the Poet
George Murdoch
Murdock's nuclear family consisted of mother, father, plus one or more children
True
False
Which of these is NOT a feature of Murdock's nuclear family?
common residence
reproduction
same-sex parents
economic cooperation
Sociologists generally regard a family as constituting relationships of blood, marriage or adoption.
True
False
A group of people who simply live at the same address are known as families of choice.
True
False
According to ONS figures from 2013, which family type was the most popular?
nuclear
co-habiting parents with children
atomic
toxic
The nuclear family has been in decline since 1996, with co-habiting couples and lone-parent families on the increase.
True
False
The extended family consists of what?
nuclear family plus chosen friends
families where each member has extended in size
nuclear family plus other family members
families living in houses with extensions
The extended family has been in decline since which decade?
60s
70s
80s
50s
What did Beck & Beck-Gernsheim argue in 1995?
horizontal families are on the increase again, due to poverty
vertical families are on the decline as older people become more independent
intermarriage between sociologists leads to complex referencing
individualisation is now growing over family ties
Vertical families consist of families of the same generation, horizontal families include grandparents.
True
False
A dispersed extended family is one where the nuclear family lives alone, but depends highly on other family members.
False
True
Who came up with the idea of the dispersed extended family?
Peter Willmott
Peter Williamson
Paul Willmott
Peter Piper
Lone parent families are where at least one child lives with one parent
True
False
How many lone parents were there in the UK in 2013?
1.4 million
1.6 million
1.9 million
2.3 million
Which of these is NOT a term for families containing at one child from a previous relationship?
step family
blended family
reconstituted family
pick 'n' mix family
LGBT families have had the right to adopt children since?
2000
2002
2004
2013
In 2013, 8.7 million households consisted of one adult living alone.
True
False
Which of these is NOT one of Klinenberg's reasons why more people live alone in the Western world?
Durkheim's cult of the individual
the communication revolution
decreasing global population
the ageing population
What does LATs stand for?
lesbian and trans
loved and trusted
lonely and tragic
living apart together
The feminisation of later life refers to the fact that women outlive men and there are more female older people than male.
True
False
The nuclear family is sometimes known as the conjugal family.
True
False
Which of the below is NOT an ideology?
white supremacy
Capitalism
familial ideology
postmodernism
A family where a woman is the head of the household is known as...
feminine family
patrifocal family
mother-centric family
matrifocal family
The decline of industry and rise of the service sector brought women back into the workforce again in the 1980s.
True
False
What do we call 4 generational families with few aunts, uncles, cousins etc.
baked bean families
baked potato families
beanpole families
pole dancing families
What are fictive kin?
imaginary family members
neighbours and close friends that we refer to as family
family members that we disown
family members that read a lot
Which ethnic group is more likely to intermarry than most?
Caucasian
South-East Asian
African-Caribbean
Asian
Young people are three times more likely than people over 30 to be mixed-race.
True
False
Which is now the biggest ethnic minority in the UK?
Indian
Chinese
Bangladeshi
Polish
What is the phrase for 'the act of marrying oneself'?
monogamy
polygamy
non-monogamy
sologamy
Demographics are statistical data relating to the population and particular groups within it.
True
False
Data that describes changes over time is known as....
a pattern
a custom
a trend
a variable
Birth rate relates to the number of live births per 100 per year
True
False
What dictates mean family size?
number of biological children
general nastiness levels over a set time frame
number of children
number of family members inc. pets
Dependency ratio = difference between no. of people working and not working
True
False
What is meant by the crude birth rate?
number of rude children born per year
no. of births per 1000 of the population per year
no. of children born in poverty per year
no. of births per 100 of the population per year
The crude birth rate is so called because it takes no account of gender or age of babies born.
True
False
Natality means the same as birth rate or crude birth rate.
True
False
What does TFR stand for?
Turkish Federation of Railway-workers
Total failure rate
Total fertility rate
Total fecundity rate
The Total Fertility is more useful than CBR as it tells us the size of families
True
False
The TFR tells us the average number of children a woman has between the ages of 16 and 40.
True
False
Mortality or death rate means the number of deaths per year per 1000 individuals.
True
False
Infant Mortality Rate refers to the death of an infant before their 2nd birthday, per 1000 of the population.
True
False
Which of the below is NOT an expressive role?
Providing resources for the family
Managing conflict
Soothing hurt feelings
Encouraging good humour
What is another word for task role?
expressive role
functional role
instrumental role
active role
Someone playing the expressive role earns the money and puts food on the table.
True
False
Which of the below is NOT a reason given by sociologists for why the TFR is climbing in the UK?
people are more fertile with advances in medicine
Children of the 80s baby boom are having families now
More women went to Uni in 90s and have delayed having children until now
Immigration = larger families with younger, more fertile mums in the UK
An ONS report of 2013 found that almost half of women were childless on their 30th birthday.
True
False
What did Susanne Whiting find in 2012?
family size is impacted significantly by social class
family size is impacted by ethnicity type
family size is impacted by unemployment
family size is impacted by education
What went down by nearly a quarter of a million between 1972 and 2009?
the number of divorces in the UK
the number of marriages in England and Wales
the CBR of the UK
the population of UK's ethnic minorities
The number of couples living together outside of marriage (co-habiting) has trebled since 1996.
True
False
How did NR sociologist, Morgan, refer to cohabitation?
diet marriage
marriage-lite
marriage zero
low-fat marriage
Beaujouan & Ni Bhrolchain argued that cohabitation was useful as a practice run for marriage.
True
False
What year did the Divorce Reform Act become law?
1968
1969
1971
1972
Which of the below is NOT a postmodernist trend according to Beck & Beck-Gernsheim?
individualisation
conflict
choice
selflessness
What was the UK's TFR in 2012?
1.94
2.47
1.51
2.11
What did the Family Policies Study Centre discover in 2000?
couples were delaying starting families for financial reasons
the average woman had had 1.24 children by age 30
20% women aged 40 were voluntarily childless
more female babies were born to ethic minorities than white couples
In 2013, the death rate was decreasing but life expectancy increasing.
True
False
In 2013, what ratio of babies would live to be 100?
1 in 2
1 in 3
1 in 4
1 in 5
What do we call 'a sense of community or belonging to a society'?
class consciousness
value consensus
community spirit
social integration
What is the main feature of Young & Willmott's idea of the symmetrical family?
two heterosexual parents, one male and one female child
two parents and two children who measure the same height
a family with two children
a family where there is equality between the spouses
The phrase 'mutual economic support system' refers to the way middle class communities support each other with money, babysitting etc.
True
False
What does 'the dark side of family life' refer to?
life at home under a power cut
social problems in families such as domestic or sexual abuse
Pink Floyd's lesser known 4th album
satanic rituals performed in front of the wood burner
What does the nuclear family do, according to Parsons?
relieves pressure on the National Grid by providing an alternative source of power
increase property prices
keeps children protected from those nasty homosexuals
maintains social order, stability and social integration
Functionalists and the New Right see other family types to the nuclear as superior.
True
False
Familism is another term for the ideology of the nuclear family, or the familial ideology.
True
False
Young & Willmott's study of extended families in London in the 1950s concentrated on what area?
Tooting
Hackney
Richmond-on-Thames
Bethnal Green
What do Young & Willmott mean by the 'privatised' symmetrical family?
a family which has little contact with extended family & neighbours
a family which works in commercial enterprise
a family which invests heavily in stocks and shares
a family which does not venture outdoors
A key criticism by interpretivists of functionalists is that they see children as entirely passive.
True
False
What benefits from the nuclear family, according to the Marxist, Zaretsky?
communism
education
capitalism
moral values
Which Marxist-feminist spoke about the abuse of women and children by frustrated, disempowered male partners?
Benston
Redfern
Aune
Ansley
Redfern & Aune argue that the nuclear family is a site of violence against women and children.
True
False
How did famous radical feminist Firestone propose men were excluded from families?
by taser
by using IVF to have babies
by changing the locks
by rounding them up at dawn and shooting them
Which type of sociologists believe in a golden age of the family?
Functionalism
New Right
Postmodernist
Liberal Feminist
What is a nanny state?
one ruled by female goats
one ruled by Swedish au pairs
states with too much government interference
states which benefit nuclear families
Stacey is a postmodernist who argued that there is no set structure for families these days.
True
False
What does life course analysis focus on, in postmodernism?
the structure of nuclear families
the set structures of family life
the different roles played by men and women in relationships
the rites of passage of a human being from cradle to grave
Pahl & Spencer argue that the concept of family is now dead because....
it's seriously uncool
divorce rates are rocketing
there is an increase in non-family households
lesbians are taking over the world
Roseneil argued in 2015 that friendships are no longer tied together by....
string
parcel tape
bungee ropes
heterosexuality
Which global organisation came up with a definition of gender equality?
NATO
The Global Federation of Bra Burning Lesbians
Amnesty International
UNICEF
Which of the below is NOT one of Sylvia Walby's Six Structures of Patriarchy?
Culture
Sexuality
Childbearing
Household Production
Research by Sheffield & Birmingham Universities showed that half of women would what be what by the age of 46?
divorced
carers
lesbians
peri-menopausal
Research by Craig in 2007 found that women do between 33% and 50% more housework than men.
True
False
A 2014 BBC Survey found that families were not symmetrical, but characterised by 'chore wars.'
True
False
The second shift or dual burden refers to the way in which...
women have to do paid work and unpaid work at home
women have to often work two jobs to pay the bills
men have to do paid work and unpaid work at home
lone parents have to do the work of two parents
What did Hardill et al. discover about middle class women?
they defer to their husbands on big decisions
they lace their husband's dinner with Cillit Bang Extra Strength
they defer to their husbands in the bedroom
they are all closet lesbians
The triple shift refers to the 'emotion work' women must do, on top of paid labour and unpaid labour in the home.
True
False
If something is 'gender bound' (Hochschild), it means...
it is a biological function of that gender
it is voluntary behaviour performed by that gender
it is expected of that gender (and given no credit)
it is expected of that gender, but they are rewarded for it
It could be said that Margaret Benston and Catherine Hakim have opposing view of the role of women within marriage.
True
False
What percentage of female murders are related to domestic violence in the UK (circa 2015)?
20%
30%
40%
50%
What is the name of the social historian who says that childhood is a modern phenomenon?
Pisces
Aquarius
Aries
Virgo
Which one of the below is NOT one of Cunningham's features of a child-centred society?
protection from harm
the inclusion of children in all areas of society
the separation of adult and children's spaces
children's rights
What is now banned in England, Scotland and Wales?
Wotsits
ginger Pepsi Max
lesbianism
smacking
New Right sociologist Palmer said that children have been deprived of a childhood by media and junk food.
True
False
Which NR sociologist talked about children's 'screen-rich bedroom culture'?
Livingstone
Phillips
Palmer
Chambers
Which family members are making an increasingly contribution to children's lives?
grandparents
parents
aunts
siblings
Sue Palmer's book 'Toxic Childhood' refers to:
disgusting smells emanating from children's bedrooms
the growing marketisation and exploitation of children
the use of four letter words by children and adults alike
growing evidence of childhood sexual abuse
What date is 26 April (i.e. day Carol writing this quiz?)
International Anti-Semitism Day
International Clean Up Your Language Day
International Litter Picking Day
International Lesbian Visibility Day
