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Quick Quiz 2

Jim Riley

13th March 2009

Quiz 2 The Family and Households Students need quizzes. Here’s my latest. They are just very simple, quick, messy stuff - no proper marks. Just use it to help remind you of some basics. 1. What is structural differentiation and who talks about it? 2. What are the names of the two sociologists who criticised Parson’s views on the isolated nuclear family on the basis of historical accuracy? 3. What is the name of the 1960s psychiatrist who criticised the family? 4. What are LATs? 5. What is a nuclear family? 6. What is the difference between a family and a household? 7. What is polygamy? 8. What is assortative mating? 9. Name one matriarchal society. 10. Who wrote ‘The Sociology of Housework’?

Jim Riley

Jim co-founded tutor2u alongside his twin brother Geoff! Jim is a well-known Business writer and presenter as well as being one of the UK's leading educational technology entrepreneurs.

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