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1. What is family diversity?

   1.   ?    A variety of household types
   2.   ?    Traditional families

2. The Rapoports discuss different types of diversity. Which of these correctly describes organisational diversity?

   1.   ?    Different types of family structure, e.g. one-parent families, extended families, dual-worker families, reconstituted families
   2.   ?    Differences in household type associated with different ethnic groups

3. Parsons argues that the nuclear family performs essential or basic functions in an industrial society. Which two of the following essential functions of the family do functionalists argue the family performs for us now?

   1. Primary socialisation
   2. The stabilisation of adult personalities
   3. A unit of production
   4. Status is based on family membership
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4. According to New Right thinkers such as Charles Murray, what are the three consequences of a move away from traditional families?

   1. A rise in crime
   2. Greater equality between marriage partners
   3. An irresponsible attitude among young people
   4. Damage to society
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5. Robert Chester argues that changes in the family have been exaggerated. What term does he use to describe the family now? (choose one answer)

   1. The neo-conventional family
   2. The traditional family
   3. The modified extended family
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6. Which four of the following accurately describe changes in family life currently taking place in the family in Britain?

   1. A rise in divorce and remarriage: serial monogamy
   2. A rise in single-parent families
   3. A rise in people living in so-called "traditional families"
   4. A rise in people living on their own
   5. A rise in cohabitation
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7. The New Right argue that changes in family life mean that the family is in decline. What do postmodernists argue? (choose one answer)

   1. That the family is in decline
   2. That the family is more or less as it has always been
   3. That we are moving away from old certainties to an era of greater personal choice
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8. True or false? Marriage is more popular than ever before in Britain

   1. True
   2. False
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9. True or false? The most common type of household in Britain is a one-person household

   1. True
   2. False
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10. True or false? Men are most likely to divorce their wives for adultery

    1. True
    2. False
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