A. a group of people sharing living accommodation and meals
B. a network of relatives extended within or between generations
C. the new family created when an adult leaves home and gets married
D. a two-generation unit of parents and their children
Social Groups
The social construction of childhood can be traced back to………….?
A. the introduction of compulsory education
B. increasingly emotional ties between parents and children
C. new consumer goods for children such as clothes toys and books
D. all of the above
In West marriage appears to be in decline because…………….?
A. the proportion of people living alone has fallen to 29%
B. many people are cohabiting in long term relationships
C. the upward curve of remarriages compensates for the drop in first marriages
D. all of the above
It is difficult to ascertain the true extent of domestic violence because………..?
A. there is a large dark figure of unreported incidents
B. the changing definitions of legal categories have made it harder to convict offenders
C. researchers are not allowed access to official statistics
D. there is no valid or reliable way of researching such a sensitive topic
According to recent findings from across Europe which of the following statements best characterizes cohabitation ?
A. an experimental stage before marriage
B. a family form only found among st younger people
C. a short-lived experiment from the 1960 s that is now in decline
D. an alternative to traditional marriage
Which term describes a society in which women can marry more than one husband at a time but men may marry only one wife at a time ?
A. monogamy
B. polygamy
C. polygyny
D. polyandry
Which term describes societies where the family name and the inheritance of property passes down the male line ?
A. matrilineal
B. androlineal
C. homolineal
D. patrilineal