Family Revision activities 2014 With the following activities – aim to recap core knowledge..but then start to try and: • Explain points – check understanding • Relate to debates • Consider different theoretical views • Make links between factors • Think about which points you will emphasise most in your answers
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Family Revision activities 2014
With the following activities – aim to recap core knowledge..but then start to try and:
• Explain points – check understanding• Relate to debates• Consider different theoretical views• Make links between factors• Think about which points you will emphasise
most in your answers
Family Revision 1
Key terms review
BEANPOLE FAMILY BIRTH RATE CEREAL-PACKET FAMILY
CHILD-CENTREDNESS
COHABITATION CONJUGAL ROLES MORTALITY RATE DEPENDENCY RATIO
DIVORCE DIVORCE RATE DUAL BURDEN EMPTY SHELL MARRIAGE
EXPRESSIVE ROLE EXTENDED FAMILY FAMILY FERTILITY RATE
JOINT CONJUGAL ROLES
INFANT MORTALITY RATE
LONE PARENT FAMILY
MARCH OF PROGRESS
MARRIAGE MARRIAGE RATE NET MIGRATION NEO-CONVENTIONAL FAMILY
Focus• What functions does the family perform for society?• How does the family support (or harm) individuals?• How does the family link to the rest of society?• Is the family a positive or negative institution?
Family Revision 2
Functionalism Marxism
The family and individuals
Who benefits most?
Teaching norms and values
Social control
Links to economy
Key concepts to sort (Functionalist and Marxist)
Sexual function Inheritance and private property
‘goodness of fit’ Dislike of nuclear family model
G P Murdock Reproductive function Reduces alienation and frustration
Parsons
Althusser Ideological condititioning
Socialisation function (education)
Economic function(shelter, food etc)
Bias towards nuclear family
Stabilisation of adult personality
Engels Primary socialisation
Love and support Buffer to revolution Warm bath theory Zaretsky
Evaluation
Functionalism(pages 2/3)
Marxism(pages 4/5)
Family Revision 2
Functionalism Feminism (general)
The family and individuals
Who benefits most?
Teaching norms and values
Social control
Links to economy
Key points/studies Evaluation
Marxist Feminism
Main argument –
Benston:
Ansley :
Radical feminism
Main argument -
Millett:
Gittens:
Liberal feminism
Main argument –
Young & Willmott:
Somerville:
Role of family - diamond 9
Sexual, economic, reproduction and educational role
Family prevents revolution
Escape ‘adult role’ Family promotes ideology
Domestic labour harms women
Men are the enemy
Capitalism mainly benefits from
families
Warm bath = eases tensions
Nuclear family is to pass on wealth
through inheritance
Don’t forget…
• Dark side of the family (domestic violence/abuse)
• Mental health and family life
Exam ‘style’ questions
• Using material from Item 2B and elsewhere, assess the Marxist view that the main role of the family is to serve the interests of capitalism. (24 marks)
• Using material from Item 2B and elsewhere, assess the Functionalist view of the role of the family in society(24 marks)
Symmetrical familyYoung & WillmottBottSocial NetworksDecision makingChildcareFinancesInvisible workGender role socialisationDomestic appliancesDual workersEqual opportunities policiesSocial class differencesEthnic differencesMarch of progressJan PahlAnn OakleySocial construction of housewife roleGershunyPatriarchy
• Elderly in poverty• Pressure on NHS• Welfare dependency• Dependency ratio• Better healthcare• Better nutrition/diet• Benefits/pensions• Improved housing• Pressure on families• Smaller families• Equal opps and
women’s careers• Safer working
conditions• Improved sanitation• Better health education• More people live alone• Extra work for women• Contraception• Changing attitudes• Decline of religion• Children expensive• Cohabitation• Border control• Flee war/disaster• Globalisation
Fertility rate
Life expectancy
Death rate decline
Ageing
Migration
Family Revision 1
Family Diversity
Family Diversity
Growth in diversity Sociology stuff Nuclear is Norm
Rappoports ChesterCereal Packet Image Parsons ‘goodness of fit’Stage 3 Family Ideology of the familyOrganisational diversity Class diversityCohort diversity Dual worker familiesSingle parents People living alongReconstituted Childless couplesCohabitation Gay couplesAllan & Crowe economic instabilityLess stigma rise of individualismSecularisation ApartnersImmigration Jeffrey WeeksContraception IVFEqual opportunities women’s careersDivorce laws Changing attitudes‘neo-conventional family’ Life cycleCheal Feminist viewsNew Right views Post Modern views
Family Revision 1
Social Policies
Social PoliciesSupport Nuc. Sociology stuff Weaken Nuc.
Policies1. Raise school leaving age2. Sell of council houses.3. Increase welfare benefits.4. Married couples tax5. Divorce laws6. Recognise ‘civil partnerships’7. Increasing maternity leave8. Surestart children centres9. Child Support Agency10. Extended nursery places
What do Feminists and the New Right think about these issues?
Family Revision 1
Effects of Divorce
Effects of DivorceOn children On Society On adults
New Right• Lack of role model• Discipline• Child poverty• Poor housing• Behaviour problems• Educational
underachievement• Teen pregnancy• Instability – moving
house
Feminists• Better to have quality
parenting ‘one loving parent’
New Right• Single parents = welfare
dependency• Rising crime
Feminists• Women are free from
unhealthy relationships
• Men lose home• Men struggle to survive
financially• Both adults affected by
financial costs of divorce• Losing contact with
wider family members/ friends
• Loneliness • Affect self esteem/
sense of being a failure/ guilt
Family Revision 1
Marriage and Cohabitation
Marriage and CohabitationCaused fewer marriages Sociology Stuff
• Changing attitudes• Secularisation• Less stigma• Changes in position of women• Fear of divorce• Increase in cohabitation• Cost of weddings• Role models in media