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6. Who has an instrumental role according to Parsons?

  • The husband
  • The wife

7. Who has an expressive role according to Parsons?

  • The wife
  • The children

8. What are segregated conjugal roles?

  • The couple have separate roles and leisure activities
  • The couple share roles and leisure activities together

9. What do Young and Willmott believe we are moving towards?

  • The symmetrical family
  • Segregated conjugal roles

10. What did Oakley find?

  • Husbands were more likely to do nothing at all
  • Husbands were more likely to share in housework than in childcare
  • Husbands were more likely to share in childcare than in housework
  • Husbands were more likely to share roles with their wife