Review Chapter 3: Family Influences on Child Health Promotion MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Which of the following family theories is described as a series of tasks for the family throughout its life span? a.|Interactional theory| b.|Developmental systems theory| c.|Structural-functional theory| d.|Duvall’s developmental theory| ANS: D d. Duvall’s developmental theory describes eight developmental tasks of the family throughout its life span. a and c. These are not family theories. b. Developmental
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sociologists to our understanding of the family (24 marks) Functionalists employ the idea of the nuclear family being the main universal family in society and most benefitting. The nuclear family functions to meet the pro dominant means of society (sexual reproduction, educational and economic functions). The family allows each member of the family to shine individually and enjoy success. The functionalist sociologist Murdock believed that the nuclear family is found in every society because it performs
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Unit 1 Sociologists Willmott and Young: - Bethnal Green study - The symmetrical family trends away from segregated roles. Due to changes in the household (working women, men helping with domestic tasks, spending leisure time together) and social changes (technology, position of women, standards of living, geographical mobility) - Take a March of Progress view Elizabeth Bott - Two types of conjugal roles (segregated and joint) Gershuny - The longer the wife spends in paid work, the more
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FAMILIES AND HOUSEHOLDS Examine the different functions performed by the family for individuals and society? The family is a unit of people living together tied down by biological or legal bonds. Functionalists take the family to be an important part on the way society works and therefore emphasise the importance of the function of the family. Functions are the jobs and roles of a particular object. Functionalists and Marxists are social systems, also known as structural thinkers. Structural
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Examine the ways in which social policies and laws may influence families and households. Some sociologists have suggested that social policy has caused families to become more diverse while others disagree. Social policies are the laws and practices put in place by the government that effect social issues, in this case the family. For example, in the 1930’s the Nazi government in Germany wanted to encourage Aryan families and put in place policies that involved sterilising certain groups to prevent
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CULTURAL EFFECTS ON CONSUMER BEHAVIOR Andrew J. Marsiglia, PhD, CCP Cultural value systems have a direct effect on consumer behavior and vary by the major cultural dimensions between countries but become increasingly complex when people immigrate to foreign countries that have different cultural dimensions. In these situations, people are subjected to a wide variety of cultural reference groups that ultimately affect their consumer behavior. Consequently, marketers must develop marketing communication
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changes in the family (24marks). I would here introduce industrialisation- what is it? Over the years industrialisation has changed the connections between families because of a variety of reasons. Families have changed dramatically due to the main indication being the industrial revolution the process whereby the major form of economic production changed from being predominantly agricultural to being predominantly industrial. This gives us the idea of having three stages of family lives; the pre-industrial
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SCLY1 (Old Specification) Past Exam Questions Although June 2016 will be a new specification and exam structure much of the material you have learnt in families and households applies to the new exam. Below are examples of questions taken from the old exam papers that you should practice writing plans for as they are still relevant. However there are a few key differences: * The question you will answer will be worth 20 marks not 24 marks. * You will have 30 minutes to write a 20 mark answer
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might be increasingly reliant on high-tech gadgets and new-media information sources, but, contrary to popular belief, that has only seemed to strengthened traditional family values. What we need to realize is that “traditional family values” is a very hard thing to define, because it means different things depending on different families’ traditions. Since human beings first fashioned primitive hand tools, technology has continuously transformed the way we life, the nature of our relationships with
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Family diversity is the idea that there are a range of different family types, rather than a single dominant one like the nuclear family. It is associated with the post-modernists idea that in today’s society increasing choice about relationships is creating greater family diversity. The modernist view sees society as having a fairly fixed, predictable structure. The modernists see the nuclear family as being the best as it performs certain essential functions. Talcott Parsons saw that the nuclear
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