AQA Sociology AS Unit 1 Families And Households Exam With Complete Solutions 2024

AQA Sociology AS Unit 1 Families And Households Exam With Complete Solutions 2024 Ageism - correct answer-Negative stereotyping of people based on their age. Alienation - correct answer-Where an individual or group feel excluded in society because they lack power and status. Beanpole family - correct answer-This refers to the increasing age gap between the youngest and eldest member of family due to higher life expectancy. They are long and thin in structure. Birth Rate - correct answer-No. of live births per 1000, per year. Bourgeoisie - correct answer-The ruling class who own the means of production. Capitalism - correct answer-An economic system where private ownership of the means of production is coupled with people being employed. Chosen families - correct answer-A term used by post modern sociologists to refer to the greater flexibility and choice that people have in today's society about who they consider family. Class - correct answer-A social hierarchy based on occupation, income and wealth. Conjugal roles - correct answer-Roles performed by husbands and wives. Cottage industry - correct answer-Where work and home are the same and goods are produced within home. Culture - correct answer-The things learnt and shared in society which are transmitted to each generation through socialisation. Death rate - correct answer-No. of deaths per 1000, per year. Demography - correct answer-Study of population. Dependency ratio - correct answer-Relationship between size of working population and non working, dependant population. Dual burden - correct answer-Taking responsibility for childcare with employment. Emotion work - correct answer-Caring, comforting and meeting people's emotional needs. Empty shell marriage - correct answer-A marriage which exists in name only. The couple contibued to live under same room but love has disappeared. Ethnocentric - correct answer-Judging the way things are done elsewhere, based upon one's own value principles. Exploitation - correct answer-Being taken advantage of. Expressive role - correct answer-The caring, nurturing, comforting role performed by women. Extended family - correct answer-A group of kin extending from nuclear family. Family diversity - correct answer-Idea that there is a range of family and household types in society. Fertility rate - correct answer-Average no. of babies a woman is likely to have during her fertile years. Feminism - correct answer-A sociological perspective and political movement which focuses on women's oppression and struggle to end it. Functional fit - correct answer-Parsons view that with industrialisation, the structure of the family becomes nuclear to meet society's needs of a geographically mobile workforce. Functionalism - correct answer-A sociological perspective that sees society as based on shared norms and values, into which people are socialised. Heteronorm - correct answer-Idea that opposite sex partnership is considered normal. Ideology - correct answer-A set of beliefs which serve ideas of dominant group and are justified as being right. Household - correct answer-People living under one roof. May or may not be related and includes person who lives alone. Industrialisation - correct answer-18th/19th century shift from agriculture to industry. Infant Mortality Rate - correct answer-No. of babies who die before their first birthday, per 1000, per year. Instrumental role - correct answer-Breadwinnet role, performed usually by men.