This is either a person living alone, or two or more people who share the same residence and share h

1
This is either a person living alone, or two or
more people who share the same residence and
share housekeeping.

• What is kinship?

2
This refers to relationships based on biological
or marital ties.

• What is a nuclear family?

3
This is a family consisting of an adult male and
female with one or more children, own or adopted.

• What is a vertically extended family?

4
This is a family with two or more generations,
sometimes called the beanpole family

• What is a horizontally extended family?

5
This is a family consisting of relatives in
addition to the nuclear family such as aunts
uncles and cousins.

• What is monogamy?

6
This refers to a relationship involving two
adults, one of each sex who remain faithful
during the relationship.

• What is Polygamy?

7
This is a system of marriage involving two or
more wives, or two or more husbands

• What is a symmetrical family?

8
This is a nuclear family in which the roles of
husband and wife are similar.

• What is the modified extended family?

9
This is a weaker version of the traditional
extended family where members dont usually share
the same household but contact is regular and
support is exchanged.

• What is a reconstituted family?

10
This is a family in which one or both partners
bring children from a previous relationship

• What is cohabitation?

11
This is living together as a partnership without
being married

• What is Functionalism?

12
This is a theory which sees society made up of
various parts, each of which contributes to the
maintenance and well being of society as a whole

• What is Primary Socialisation?

13
This is the first and most important part of the
socialisation process whereby young people learn
the norms and values of society.

• What is Marxism?

14
This is a theory which sees a basic conflict of
interest between those who own the economic
institutions and those who are employed by them

• What is Capitalism?

15
A system of production in which the economic
institutions, e.g. banks and factories are
privately owned and run for private profit.

• What is Feminism?

16
A view which challenges the power of men over
women

• What is Patriarchy?

17
The view that society is male dominated

• What are Radical Feminists?

18
Feminists who see patriarchy as the main form of
inequality in society over any other. They
advocate the end of natural procreation as they
see this as the barrier to equality

• What are Marxist Feminists?

19
Feminists who see patriarchy resulting from class
inequalities, they say that there are two systems
of oppression (dual systems theorists) class and
patriarchy

• What is domestic labour?

20
This is unpaid work such as housework and
childcare, within the home and family.

• What is divorce?

21
The legal termination of a marriage

• What is the divorce rate?

22
The number of divorces per thousand married people

• What is separation?

23
A married couple who end their relationship and
live in separate residences but remain legally
married

• What is an empty shell marriage?

24
The couple share the same residence, remain
legally married, but their marriage exists in
name only

• What does fertility rate mean?

25
The number of live births per 1000 women aged 15
to 44

• What is an ageing population?

26
A population in which an increasing proportion
are aged 65 and over

• What is a household?