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Family diversity

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Who said that family diversity has always been present?
a)
Murdock
b)
Willmott
c)
Brannen
d)
Anderson
2.
Who said that the nuclear family is universal?
a)
Murdock
b)
Willmott
c)
Brannen
d)
Anderson
3.
Who said that we now have beanpole families?
a)
Murdock
b)
Willmott
c)
Brannen
d)
Anderson
4.
Who said that family diversity has been exaggerated, but the structure has changed to the dispersed extended families?
a)
Murdock
b)
Willmott
c)
Brannen
d)
Anderson
5.

Which is not one of the five types of diversity identified by the Rapoports (CLOGS)?

a)

Life course

b)

Gendered

c)

Generational

d)

Cultural

6.

Which one of these is NOT a cause of family diversity?

a)

Legal changes

b)

Secularisation

c)

Changing social attitudes

d)

The increase in religious fundamentalism

7.
Who said that growing diversity has allowed women to break away from traditional role sand create family arrangements to meet their needs?
a)
New Right: Murray
b)
Postmodernism
c)
Feminism: Stacey
d)
Chester: neo-conventional family
8.
Who said that family structures change to meet the needs of society?
a)
Parsons
b)
Postmodernism
c)
Feminism: Stacey
d)
Chester: neo-conventional family
9.

Who said that diversity is the result of growing choice and globalisation (pure relationships)?

a)
Parsons
b)
New Right: Murray
c)
Postmodernism
d)
Feminism: Stacey
10.
Who said that statistics are misleading and the nuclear family is still common?
a)
New Right: Murray
b)
Postmodernism
c)
Feminism: Stacey
d)
Chester: neo-conventional family
11.
Who said that family diversity is the cause of societal breakdown?
a)
Parsons
b)
New Right: Murray
c)
Postmodernism
d)
Feminism: Stacey