Sociology- Families and Households

1. Which term describes a marriage in which an individual can have several husbands or wives simultaneously? (8)
4. Which term describes active and casual love rather than forever notions of romantic love? (9)
5. Which term describes sexual relationships within the family unit? (6)
6. What socologist discusses the idea of the functional fit family? (7)
7. Which term describes a kinship system that favours the relatives of the mother? (11)

2. Which perspective would you associate with Charles Murray? (3, 5)
3. Who would conduct the domestic labour in a family with joint conjugal roles? (4, 7)
8. Which perspective would discuss the inheritance of property? (7)
9. Which term refers to the housewife providing the warmth, security and emotional nurturing support? (10)
10. Which sociologist suggests that we are now living in a 'risk society'? (4)

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