Lesson 4.2.2.3

4.2.2.3 Gender roles, domestic labour and power in the family Quiz: AQA Sociology, Unit 2

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The 20 questions

  1. Which concept, coined by Arlie Hochschild, describes unpaid housework done after paid employment?

    • The glass ceiling
    • The triple shift
    • The second shift
    • The double standard

  2. Which 1974 study by Ann Oakley examined housework as demanding and unpaid labour?

    • The symmetrical family
    • Women's Estates
    • Families and Households
    • The Sociology of Housework

  3. Which term describes the management of feelings, care, and relationships within families?

    • Instrumental work
    • Paid labour
    • Physical labour
    • Emotional labour

  4. Jan Pahl identified different systems used by couples to manage and control what?

    • Domestic chores
    • Leisure time
    • Household finances
    • Childcare duties

  5. Feminist sociologists argue that unequal housework primarily reflects what between partners?

    • Genetic predispositions
    • Power imbalances
    • Biological differences
    • Mutual consensus

  6. UK time-use surveys show that working women still perform the majority of what?

    • Outdoor maintenance
    • Financial planning
    • Paid overtime
    • Housework and childcare

  7. According to sociologists, children learn traditional family gender roles primarily through what process?

    • Socialisation
    • Biological maturation
    • Natural selection
    • Genetic inheritance

  8. Which term describes physical, emotional, or financial abuse used to control a family member?

    • Domestic abuse
    • Social exclusion
    • Marital breakdown
    • Role conflict

  9. Sociologists challenge claims of full domestic equality because evidence shows continuing what?

    • Equal wage-earning
    • Economic prosperity
    • Marital harmony
    • Gender inequality

  10. Which term describes socially defined expectations about appropriate behaviour for men and women?

    • Age statuses
    • Biological traits
    • Class positions
    • Gender roles

  11. What term describes women doing both paid employment and the majority of domestic labour?

    • Expressive role
    • Joint conjugal roles
    • Symmetrical family
    • Double burden

  12. Which type of state policy reinforces traditional gender roles by assuming men are primary earners?

    • Individualistic policy
    • Familistic policy
    • Socialist policy
    • Egalitarian policy

  13. In Talcott Parsons' functionalist theory, what role is associated with the male breadwinner?

    • Symmetrical role
    • Instrumental role
    • Negotiated role
    • Expressive role

  14. According to feminists, domestic conflict when wives earn more than husbands is caused by what?

    • Symmetrical roles
    • Financial dependency
    • Biological differences
    • Patriarchal norms

  15. Which research method quantitatively measures time spent on domestic tasks but may lack qualitative depth?

    • Unstructured interviews
    • Focus groups
    • Participant observation
    • Time-use surveys

  16. In functionalist sociology, what term describes the female role of childcare and emotional support?

    • Expressive role
    • Symmetrical role
    • Instrumental role
    • Conjugal role

  17. What term describes women carrying out paid work, domestic labour, and emotional work combined?

    • Double burden
    • Triple shift
    • Symmetrical role
    • Instrumental role

  18. Which research method best allows couples to explain their domestic roles in their own words?

    • Official statistics
    • Closed questionnaires
    • In-depth interviews
    • Content analysis

  19. Which sociologists identified the allowance system and pooling system in household financial control?

    • Duncombe and Marsden
    • Dobash and Dobash
    • Pahl and Vogler
    • Young and Willmott

  20. What term describes unpaid labour spent looking after children, elderly relatives, and dependants?

    • Emotional labour
    • Civic responsibility
    • Paid employment
    • Care work

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