Multiple choice questions

1. Sociologists argue that:
   1.   ?    The nuclear family is the best family model
   2.   ?    There is no one clear-cut model of the family
   3.   ?    The family is rotten to the core
   4.   ?    The family is immutable
2. Physical proximity is not synonymous with:
   1.   ?    Domestic violence
   2.   ?    Sexuality
   3.   ?    Intimacy
   4.   ?    Social proximity
3. Relationships that fall outside conventional understandings of what a family should look like are known as:
   1.   ?    Fictive kin
   2.   ?    Elective families
   3.   ?    Families of choice
   4.   ?    All of the above
4. The nuclear family is:
   1.   ?    All but extinct
   2.   ?    Associated with traditional society
   3.   ?    A social group characterised by common residence and economic co-operation
   4.   ?    One of the most common forms of family structure
5. Sociologically, the image of the nuclear family is closely associated with the framework of:
   1.   ?    Structural Functionalism
   2.   ?    Marxism
   3.   ?    Phenomenology
   4.   ?    Popular culture
6. Many sociologists criticise Talcott Parsons’ image of the family for being:
   1.   ?    Too understated
   2.   ?    Ethnocentric
   3.   ?    Too complex
   4.   ?    Too concerned with feudal society
7. Satellite families exist:
   1.   ?    Sometime in the future
   2.   ?    Only in same sex relationships
   3.   ?    In families where physical proximity is present
   4.   ?    Where partners have jobs some distance from one another
8. Official government definitions of the family are seen by sociologists as being:
   1.   ?    Exploitative
   2.   ?    Relevant only to the understanding of upper class families
   3.   ?    Too broad
   4.   ?    Too narrow
9. The suggestion that we are in the midst of a post-modern family condition is made by:
   1.   ?    Jean Baudrillard
   2.   ?    Judith Stacey
   3.   ?    Simone de Beauvoir
   4.   ?    Talcott Parsons
10. Sociologists today see the family as what kind of structure?
    1.   ?    Dynamic, fluid and open-ended
    2.   ?    Static and unchanging
    3.   ?    Free
    4.   ?    Fragile
11. The nuclear family is
    1.   ?    Dad, mum and 2.2 dependent children
    2.   ?    A two generation household of adults
    3.   ?    A three generation household of adults and children
    4.   ?    Two people in an intimate relationship
12. Who says that the nuclear family is the product of an interplay of political, economic, technological and historical factors?
    1.   ?    Talcott Parsons
    2.   ?    Emile Durkheim
    3.   ?    Rhonda Shaw
    4.   ?    David Harvey
13. The way we organize family life today is affected by
    1.   ?    Shifting employment patterns
    2.   ?    Changes in gender relations
    3.   ?    Changes in reproductive technologies
    4.   ?    All of these
14. The ‘double life’ of the family refers to
    1.   ?    The fact that you are never alone in a family
    2.   ?    A claim that every family member has two roles
    3.   ?    The positive and negative aspects of family life
    4.   ?    A claim that everyone belongs to two families
15. In the structural functionalist’s version of family
    1.   ?    Men don’t matter
    2.   ?    Men and women are interchangeable
    3.   ?    Men and women perform different tasks
    4.   ?    Children are irrelevant
16. In post industrial societies the shape of families is affected by
    1.   ?    Changes in the nature of work patterns
    2.   ?    Changes in the nature of employment opportunities
    3.   ?    Dual career families
    4.   ?    All of these
17. Assisted reproductive technologies
    1.   ?    Have contributed to the flexibility of family formation
    2.   ?    Are easily available to everyone
    3.   ?    Are illegal
    4.   ?    Have destroyed the nuclear family
18. For Cameron (1990) families are important for:
    1.   ?    Consuming
    2.   ?    Comfort
    3.   ?    Providing order and giving a sense of place
    4.   ?    Reproducing capitalism
19. Macro-focussed sociologists research family in conjunction with:
    1.   ?    Social institutions
    2.   ?    Political institutions
    3.   ?    Economic institutions
    4.   ?    All of the above
20. Micro-focused sociologists research the family in conjunction with:
    1.   ?    Microscopes
    2.   ?    Interactions within families
    3.   ?    Exchanges within families
    4.   ?    b and c