Which theoretical perspective regards the family as serving some members better than others?
Correct answer C. Conflict
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What is meant by the ‘compulsion of proximity’?
Correct answer C. The need to meet each other face to face
Which theorist described the family as the ultimate source of social inequality because it passes on power, property and privilege?
Correct answer C. Friedrich Engels
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Who coined the term ‘ethnomethodology’?
Correct answer A. Harold Garfinkel
Which term refers to the expectations society attaches to a particular status, which the person holding it is expected to follow?
Correct answer B. A role
What do sociologists call the unique sense of identity that sets each individual apart from everyone else?
Correct answer E. Personality
According to Mead, what does the socialised self mean?
Correct answer D. We are constantly learning
What did Freud believe about human beings?
Correct answer B. Man is driven by biological needs
To which stage of life have modern sociologists applied Erikson’s model?
Correct answer C. Later life
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What is the scientific study of ageing called?
Correct answer D. Gerontology
Which of these is NOT part of Judith Butler’s theory of gender identity?
Correct answer A. People’s biological sex underpins their gendered identity
How is peer involvement in adolescence generally regarded?
Correct answer B. Negative
Which of the following settings counts as a front region of social life?
Correct answer B. A clothing store payment counter
What is it called when a subordinate person breaks the tacit rules of everyday interaction?
Correct answer D. Interactional vandalism
Grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins are all part of which type of family?
Correct answer B. Extended
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What does polyandry mean?
Correct answer C. Allowing a woman to have several husbands
Jenkins (1996) wrote that ‘selves without bodies don’t make much sense in human terms’. What is he alluding to?
Correct answer D. The need to theorise the embodiment of the social self
Which of these is NOT an example of non-verbal communication?
Correct answer A. Talking
What is the tendency to fall in love with and marry someone similar to yourself generally called?
Correct answer B. Homogamy
What is another name for blended families?
Correct answer E. Reconstituted families