AS AQA families and households Keywords

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Achievement
Allocation of roles & status on the basis of individual merit
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Ascription
Allocation of roles and status on the basis of fixed characteristics (Family)
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Conservative
a belief in traditional ideas and institutions; suspicious of radical change
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Domestic Labour
Housework & childcare
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Expressive Leader
Female function of mother/housewife (Parsons)
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Extended kinship networks
relationships between family members beyond the nuclear family (Cousins etc.)
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Fidelity
being faithful to ones partner
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Geographical mobility
the ability to move quickly around the country
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Heterosexual
attracted to the opposite sex
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Household
a social group sharing common residence
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ISA
according to Marxists any institution that is involved in the transmitting of ruling class ideas
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Ideology
set of powerful ideas
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Industrialization
the process whereby societies moved from agricultural production to industrial manufacturing
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Instrumental leader
Male function of being the Breadwinner (Parsons)
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Kinship
related to each other by blood or marriage
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Maternal instinct
a 'natural' instinct to desire motherhood and want to care for children
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Mutual economic support system
A system in which family members work to support each other
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Nuclear family
family group consisting of 2 generations (parents and children living in the same households)
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Nurturing
caring for and looking after others
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Pre-industrial
before the industrial revolution
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Right-wing
political ideas that are supportive of tradition (New right)
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Sexual division of labour
the division of both paid work and domestic labour into mens jobs & womens jobs
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Social solidarity
the feeling of belonging
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Symmetrical Family
a nuclear family in which both spouses perform important roles
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Ascribed status
inherited status
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Consensus
Common agreement on shared values
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Consumption
the ways in which individuals use goods and services
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Delinquency
Youth crime
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Dysfunctional
having negative consequences
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Feminization of the economy
an economic trend that began in the 1990's whereby the majority of newly available jobs were aimed at women.
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Functional
Beneficial, fulfilling a purpose
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Functional Prerequisities
the basic needs of society, such as the need for social order
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Multicultural
Having more than one culture
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Patriarchal Ideology
male dominated ideas
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Procreation
having children
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Sexual division of labour
the distribution of housework & childcare tasks according to gender
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Social control
Process of persuading, encouraging and enforcing conformity
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Subcultural
Subscribing to cultural values & norms that may be different from the mainstream
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Familial ideology
the view that a particular type of family (nuclear) and particular living arrangements are the idea;s people should aspire to
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Idealized
presented as and ideal
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Maternal Deprivation
the view that if a child is deprived of maternal love for any period of time, it will grow up to be psychologically damaged
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New Right
A group of Thinkers who believe very strongly in tradition. They usually support conservative party
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Private instituation
Something that occurs 'behind closed doors' with few links with the wider community
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Birth rate
number of live births per 1000 of the population
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Death rate
number of deaths per 1000 of the population
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Demography
The study of population change
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Diversity
Difference variation
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Elite
the most powerful, rich or gifted members of a group
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Emigration
People moving abroad
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Extended family
a family in which sons & daughters live in the same neighborhood as their parents and see them regualarly
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Fertility rate
Number of children born per 1000 women aged 15-44
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Immigration
people settling in the country to live or work
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Migration
the number of people entering and leaving the country
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Moral panic
public concern over some aspect or behaviour created and reinforced by sensational media coverage
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Close Knit Community
a community in which there are close relationships
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Divorce
the legal ending of a marriage
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Divorce petition
a legal request for divorce
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Empty Shell marriage
when parents no longer love each other but stay together, usually for the kids
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Irretrievable
unable to be recovered
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Monogamy
the practice of having only one partner
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Negative labelling
treating something as 'bad' or 'undesirable'
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Privatized nuclear family
a home-centered family that has little contact with extended kin or neigbours
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Reconstituted families
step families
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Scapegoated
unfairly blamed
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Serial monogamy
a series of long-term relationships
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Conjugal relationship
the relationship between married or cohabiting partners
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Dual burden
refers to wives taking responsibility for the bulk of domestic tasks as well as holding down a full time job
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egalitarian
based on equality
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Segregated division of labour
a traditional sexual division of labour which women take responsibility for housework & mothering, & men take responsibility for being the breadwinner & head of the household
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Symmetrical
similar or corresponding
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Child-centred
treating the needs of children as a priority
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Economic asset
something that brings money in
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Infant mortality rate
the number of babies who die in their 1st year of life, as a proportion of all live births
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Social construction
something that is created by society
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Allocation of roles and status on the basis of fixed characteristics (Family)

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