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AS SOCIOLOGY AQA - FAMILIES AND
HOUSEHOLDS; COMPREHENSIVE Q&A FOR
GUARANTEED SUCCESS
Conjugal roles - correct-answer-The roles played by a man and woman
(traditionally husbands and wives) in a domestic setting i.e. the home. It
particularly focuses on the 'domestic division of labour' i.e. who does what jobs in
the home. It is the expected behaviour of husbands and wives.
Instrumental role - correct-answer-the position of the family member who
provides the family's material support and is often an authority figure
(traditionally taken by a man)
Expressive role - correct-answer-the emotional role of providing a supportive
home for a family (traditionally taken by a woman)
Symetrical family - correct-answer-Both partners take on both roles in the
households e.g. women out to work and the men help at home
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Child centred society - correct-answer-A society that focuses on the safety and
education of children
Unit of production - correct-answer-Where the pre-industrial family works
together to produce the goods and services needed for it's own survival.
Cereal packet family - correct-answer-The ideological happy nuclear family
Family nexus - correct-answer-A family that has close bonds betwen it's members
Netmigration - correct-answer-The difference in the numbers of Emmigation and
Immigration
Emmigration - correct-answer-the movement of individuals out of an area
Nuclear Family - correct-answer-A household run by a married heterosexual
couple and their two children.
AS SOCIOLOGY AQA - FAMILIES AND
HOUSEHOLDS; COMPREHENSIVE Q&A FOR
GUARANTEED SUCCESS
Conjugal roles - correct-answer-The roles played by a man and woman
(traditionally husbands and wives) in a domestic setting i.e. the home. It
particularly focuses on the 'domestic division of labour' i.e. who does what jobs in
the home. It is the expected behaviour of husbands and wives.
Instrumental role - correct-answer-the position of the family member who
provides the family's material support and is often an authority figure
(traditionally taken by a man)
Expressive role - correct-answer-the emotional role of providing a supportive
home for a family (traditionally taken by a woman)
Symetrical family - correct-answer-Both partners take on both roles in the
households e.g. women out to work and the men help at home
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Child centred society - correct-answer-A society that focuses on the safety and
education of children
Unit of production - correct-answer-Where the pre-industrial family works
together to produce the goods and services needed for it's own survival.
Cereal packet family - correct-answer-The ideological happy nuclear family
Family nexus - correct-answer-A family that has close bonds betwen it's members
Netmigration - correct-answer-The difference in the numbers of Emmigation and
Immigration
Emmigration - correct-answer-the movement of individuals out of an area
Nuclear Family - correct-answer-A household run by a married heterosexual
couple and their two children.
