1.  Identify Murdock’s four functions of the family

2. A: Sexual; Reproductive; Economic; Educational B: Sexual; Housing; Socialisation; Food C: Cosmetic; Reproduction; Intrinsic; Extrinsic D: Marxist; Functionalist; Feminist; Radical

3. A: Sexual; Reproductive; Economic; Educational B: Sexual; Housing; Socialisation; Food C: Cosmetic; Reproduction; Intrinsic; Extrinsic D: Marxist; Functionalist; Feminist; Radical

4.  What conclusion about the family did Murdock come to in 1940s?

5. A: It’s important so society can function B: The family is inevitable, universal and is found in all societies C: It helps stop feminists dominate the family D: The family will become an extinct idea

6. A: It’s important so society can function B: The family is inevitable, universal and is found in all societies C: It helps stop feminists dominate the family D: The family will become an extinct idea

7.  Identify one aspect of family life functionalists ignore

8. A: Alternative households B: Problems with families C: Too idealistic D: Child care E: Exploitation of women F: Violence within the home

9. A: Alternative households B: Problems with families C: Too idealistic D: Child care E: Exploitation of women F: Violence within the home

10.  How do Marxists view the family?

11. A: As functioning as well as can be expected B: The family provides a useful function for women C: As somewhere men can be sexual fulfilled D: The family is a tool of capitalism which allows the ruling-class to exploit the working class

12. A: As functioning as well as can be expected B: The family provides a useful function for women C: As somewhere men can be sexual fulfilled D: The family is a tool of capitalism which allows the ruling-class to exploit the working class

13.  How did Engels view the family?

14. A: As pointless in a capitalist economy B: As having a similar function to Murdock C: It had an economic function allowing the ruling-class to pass their wealth from one generation to the next D: As facilitating matriarchal rule within households

15. A: As pointless in a capitalist economy B: As having a similar function to Murdock C: It had an economic function allowing the ruling-class to pass their wealth from one generation to the next D: As facilitating matriarchal rule within households

16.  How did Althusser view the function of the family?

17. A: that in order for capitalism to survive people must be taught how to think and behave, and the family (as well as schools and the mass media) was the best mechanism for doing this B: that for society to function correctly capitalist oppression needs to facilitated by familial structuralism C: that gender regimes function best when women preserve the status quo in structural dynamics

18. A: that in order for capitalism to survive people must be taught how to think and behave, and the family (as well as schools and the mass media) was the best mechanism for doing this B: that for society to function correctly capitalist oppression needs to facilitated by familial structuralism C: that gender regimes function best when women preserve the status quo in structural dynamics

19.  What are the two main functions of the family for Parsons?

20. A: stabilisation of gender and power relations B: primary socialisation of parents and stabilisation of children’s personalities C: primary socialisation of grandparents and the stabilisation of adult personalities D: primary socialisation of children & stabilisation of adult personalities

21. A: stabilisation of gender and power relations B: primary socialisation of parents and stabilisation of children’s personalities C: primary socialisation of grandparents and the stabilisation of adult personalities D: primary socialisation of children & stabilisation of adult personalities

22.  What do you understand by the term role allocation?

23. A: within the isolated nuclear family, members are allocated particular roles B: within the isolated nuclear family, members have free roles C: within the isolated nuclear family members are allocated dynamic roles D: within the isolated nuclear family members are free to change their particular roles

24. A: within the isolated nuclear family, members are allocated particular roles B: within the isolated nuclear family, members have free roles C: within the isolated nuclear family members are allocated dynamic roles D: within the isolated nuclear family members are free to change their particular roles

25.  What is Parson’s sexual division of labour?

26. A: Within the isolated nuclear family members are allocated particular roles (role allocation) in order for it function correctly: men have a free role; women have expressive role B: Within the isolated nuclear family members are allocated particular roles (role allocation) in order for it function correctly: men have instrumental role; women have expressive role C: Within the isolated nuclear family members are allocated particular roles (role allocation) in order for it function correctly: men have expressive role; women have instrumental role

27. A: Within the isolated nuclear family members are allocated particular roles (role allocation) in order for it function correctly: men have a free role; women have expressive role B: Within the isolated nuclear family members are allocated particular roles (role allocation) in order for it function correctly: men have instrumental role; women have expressive role C: Within the isolated nuclear family members are allocated particular roles (role allocation) in order for it function correctly: men have expressive role; women have instrumental role

28.  Identify and explain Parsons’ ‘isolated nuclear family’

29. A: Parson’s identified the families in modern industrial society as being isolated because it they’re only found in the industrial North of Britain B: Parson’s argued the isolated nuclear family is free from tradition and so women are better able to find work outside the home C: The isolated nuclear family is freed from the obligations of wider kin and therefore is better able to adapt to the requirements of modern industrial society – such as moving around the country looking for work

30. A: Parson’s identified the families in modern industrial society as being isolated because it they’re only found in the industrial North of Britain B: Parson’s argued the isolated nuclear family is free from tradition and so women are better able to find work outside the home C: The isolated nuclear family is freed from the obligations of wider kin and therefore is better able to adapt to the requirements of modern industrial society – such as moving around the country looking for work