Sociology Families and Households

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Achievement
the allocation of roles and status on the basis of individual merit e.g. through the acquisition of qualifications.
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Ascription
the allocation of roles and status on the basis of fixed characteristics, e.g. on the basis of gender or what family you are born into.
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Conservative
a belief in traditional ideas and institutions; suspicious of radical change
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Domestic labour
housework and childcare
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Expressive leader
Parsons' term for the female function of the mother/housewife
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extended kinship networks
relationships between family members beyond the nuclear family e.g. grandparents and cousins
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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 a common residence
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Ideological apparatus
according to Marxists, any institution that is involved in the transmitting of ruling-class ideas e.g. education, mass media
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Ideology
set of powerful ideas
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Industrialization
the process (occurring during the 18th and 19th centuries in Britain) of movement from agriculture to industry. It changed the sort of work people did, created cities through urbanisation and altered social experiences and relationships
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Instrumental leader
Parsons' term for the male breadwinner
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Kinship
related to each other by blood, marriage etc
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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 two generations living in the same household
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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
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Sexual division of labour
the division of both paid work and domestic labour into men's jobs and women's 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 equally 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 prerequisits
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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Social control
process of persuading, encouraging and enforcing conformity
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Subcultural
subscribing to cultural values and norms that may be different from the mainstream
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Familial ideology
the view that a particular type of family and particular living arrangements are the ideals that people should aspire to
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Idealized
presented as an ideal (something perfect)
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Maternal deprivation
the view that the child is deprived of maternal love for any significant period of time, it will grow up to be psychologically damaged
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New Right
a group of thinkers and commentators who believe very strongly in tradition. They tend to be against change
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Private institution
something that occurs 'behind closed doors, with few links with the wider community
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Birth rate
the 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 and daughters live in the same neighbourhood as their parents, see each other regularly and offer each other various kind of support
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Fertility rate
number of children born per 1000 women ages 15 to 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 of behaviour, created and reinforced in large part by sensational media coverage
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Close-knit community
a community in which there are close relationships between people
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Divorce
the legal ending of a marriage
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Divorce petition
a legal request for a divorce
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Empty-shell marriage
a marriage in which the partners no longer love each other but stay together, usually for the sake of the children
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Irretrievable
unable to be recovered/ broken down forever
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Monogomy
the practise of having only one partner
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Negative labelling
treating something as being 'bad' or 'undesirable'
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Privatized nuclear family
a home-centred family that have little contact with extended kin or neighbours
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Reconstituted families
stepfamilies
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Scapegoated
unfairly blamed
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Serial monogomy
a series of long-term relationships
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Conjugal relationship
the relationship between married or cohabiting partners
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Double shift or dual burden
refers to wives taking responsibility for the bulk of domestic tasks as well as holding down full-time jobs
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Egalitarian
based on equality
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Segregated division of labour in the home
a traditional sexual division of labour in which women take responsibility for housework and mothering, and men take responsibility for being the breadwinner and 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 the first 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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the allocation of roles and status on the basis of fixed characteristics, e.g. on the basis of gender or what family you are born into.

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Ascription

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a belief in traditional ideas and institutions; suspicious of radical change

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housework and childcare

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Parsons' term for the female function of the mother/housewife

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