Lesson 2.2
2.2 Social changes and family structures Quiz: WJEC Eduqas Sociology, Unit 2
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Which social change involves the decline of religious influence on family life?
- Urbanisation
- Industrialisation
- Globalisation
- Secularisation
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Which social movement has encouraged greater independence and career choices for women?
- Functionalism
- Feminism
- Patriarchy
- Marxism
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Which legal and social change made ending unhappy marriages much easier?
- Stricter marriage laws
- Welfare reduction
- Compulsory schooling
- Divorce reform
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What is a pattern of successive committed relationships over a lifetime called?
- Empty shell marriage
- Extended family
- Nuclear family
- Serial monogamy
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Which modern social trend involves adults getting married at an older age?
- Universal celibacy
- Immediate cohabitation
- Early marriage
- Delayed marriage
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Which family size trend has been observed in the UK recently?
- Higher birth rates
- Fewer children
- Larger average broods
- Constant household numbers
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What term describes adults choosing to live alone without a partner or spouse?
- Singlehood
- Cohabitation
- Step-parenting
- Polygamy
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Which sociologists famously identified five key types of family diversity in Britain?
- Parsons and Bales
- Rapoport and Rapoport
- Durkheim and Mauss
- Marx and Engels
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An increase in which living arrangement has led to more children born outside marriage?
- Cohabitation
- Legal separation
- Nuclear families
- Empty shell marriage
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Which family type continues to exist alongside a wider range of modern household forms?
- Extended family
- Nuclear family
- Empty nest
- Lone parent
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Which demographic event most directly increases the number of lone parent families?
- Economic growth
- Secularisation
- Divorce and separation
- Delayed marriage
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How do economic factors primarily influence family size in modern society?
- Housing surplus
- Compulsory schooling
- High rearing costs
- Government incentives
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Which technological development gave individuals greater control over family size?
- Electricity
- Television
- Automobiles
- Contraception
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What is a key effect of immigration on UK family diversity?
- Identical household structures
- New cultural traditions
- Universal marriage rates
- Standardised parenting styles
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Which change explains the rise in births outside marriage in contemporary society?
- Shifting social norms
- Religious strictness
- Mandatory cohabitation
- Banning weddings
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What value shift has significantly influenced modern family choices?
- Personal fulfilment
- Economic stagnation
- Mandatory isolation
- Strict patriarchy
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Which movement is most associated with the increase in mothers working outside the home?
- Imperialism
- Industrialisation
- Feudalism
- Feminism
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What is a likely demographic impact of women delaying childbirth to pursue careers?
- Larger households
- Bigger birth rates
- Immediate population booms
- Smaller families
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What does the sociological term 'family size' typically measure?
- Number of children
- Number of bedrooms
- Total square footage
- Annual household income
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Which household structure has grown as adults increasingly choose to live alone?
- Nuclear units
- Extended families
- Communal compounds
- Single person households
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