Lesson 4.2.2.1
4.2.2.1 The family, social structure and social change Quiz: AQA Sociology, Unit 2
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Which function was identified by George Murdock as universal to the nuclear family?
- Educational function
- Patriarchal control
- Ideological control
- Personality stabilisation
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According to Talcott Parsons, what is one key function of the nuclear family?
- Stabilising adult personalities
- Maintaining patriarchal dominance
- Reproducing class divisions
- Economic unit production
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According to Marxists, what primary function does the family perform for capitalism?
- Fostering social mobility
- Reproducing labour power
- Providing universal healthcare
- Stabilising adult personalities
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Radical feminists view the family primarily as an institution that maintains what?
- Capitalist class consciousness
- Economic self-sufficiency
- Universal social harmony
- Patriarchal male dominance
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According to New Right thinkers, what undermines the traditional nuclear family structure?
- Welfare dependency
- Global consumer culture
- Capitalist exploitation
- Patriarchal oppression
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Which concept, associated with Willmott and Young, describes couples sharing domestic tasks more equally?
- Patriarchal family
- Reconstituted family
- Extended family
- Symmetrical family
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Which term describes couples who have separate, distinct roles within the family?
- Symmetrical roles
- Dual burden
- Joint conjugal roles
- Segregated conjugal roles
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According to sociologists, which major historical process caused the primary shift from extended to nuclear families?
- Globalisation
- Industrialisation
- Urban sprawl
- Secularisation
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Which government measure directly influences family structures and household incomes through welfare benefits?
- Cultural shift
- Demographic transition
- Social policy
- Secularisation
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Which family structure includes wider relatives such as grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins?
- Extended family
- Nuclear family
- Single-parent family
- Reconstituted family
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According to Parsons, industrialisation led to the dominance of which family structure?
- Matrifocal family
- Extended family
- Nuclear family
- Communal family
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Which sociological research finding challenges Murdock's claim that the nuclear family is universal?
- Cross-cultural diversity
- Primary socialisation
- Biological determinism
- Functional fit
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What name is given to a family containing step-parents and step-children?
- Nuclear family
- Modified extended family
- Reconstituted family
- Extended family
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According to functionalists, which family structure best provides a geographically mobile workforce?
- Single-parent family
- Patriarchal family
- Extended family
- Nuclear family
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Which perspective argues that the family primarily serves the interests of capitalism?
- Feminism
- Functionalism
- New Right
- Marxism
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Which sociological perspective argues that generous welfare benefits encourage single-parent family breakdown?
- Marxism
- Liberal feminism
- Postmodernism
- New Right
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Which of the following is one of Murdock's four essential functions of the family?
- Gender socialisation
- Capitalist consumption
- Ideological control
- Sexual regulation
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What economic role did pre-industrial families fulfill before production moved into factories?
- Unit of production
- Primary socialiser
- Warm bath unit
- Unit of consumption
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What key issue do critics accuse functionalists of ignoring in their view of the family?
- Primary socialisation
- Domestic violence
- Economic stability
- Social solidarity
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Which term describes supportive family networks based on friendship and choice rather than blood or legal ties?
- Extended families
- Chosen families
- Beanpole families
- Reconstituted families
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