Question 1

What do you understand by the term stratification?

Response

A - stratification is a widely held but fixed, generalized and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of individual or social group

B- stratification is the relative social position or ranking of persons in a given social group. Stereotypes rank people into socioeconomic tiers based on factors like wealth, income, social status, occupation and power

C – stratification is the continuous process by which people learn the culture of the society they live in. Stereotyping occurs through institutions such as the family; the mass media and the education system.

Question 2

What do you understand by the term stereotype?

Responses

A - stereotype is a widely held but fixed, generalized and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of individual or social group

B- stereotype is the relative social position or ranking of persons in a given social group. Stereotypes rank people into socioeconomic tiers based on factors like wealth, income, social status, occupation and power

C – stereotype is the continuous process by which people learn the culture of the society they live in. Stereotyping occurs through institutions such as the family; the mass media and the education system.

Question 3

What do you understand by the term socialisation?

Responses

A – socialisation is a widely held but fixed, generalized and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of individual or social group

B- socialisation is the relative social position or ranking of persons in a given social group. Stereotypes rank people into socioeconomic tiers based on factors like wealth, income, social status, occupation and power

C – socialisation is the continuous process by which people learn the culture of the society they live in. Stereotyping occurs through institutions such as the family; the mass media and the education system.

Question 4

What do you understand by the term household?

Responses

A: A household is any place where people live with their parents, grandparents and any other relatives

B: A household is a place where biologically related people live

C: A household is place with four walls and a roof where people live

D: A household is one person living alone or a group of people who share living arrangements at the same address

Question 5

What is a kinship group?

Responses

A: A kinship means being related by birth or blood

B: A kinship means being related by blood and sexuality

C: A kinship means being related by birth

D: A kinship means being related by sexuality

Question 6

Define the family?

Responses

A: “a family is a married couple with or without children, or a lone parent with at least one child. Children may be dependent or non-dependent”

B: “a family is a married, civil partnered or cohabiting couple with children, or a lone parent with at least one child. Children may be dependent or non-dependent”

C: “a family is a married, civil partnered or cohabiting couple with or without children, or a lone parent with at least one child. Children may be dependent or non-dependent”

D: “a family is a married, civil partnered or cohabiting couple without children, or a lone parent with no children”

Question 7

Which of these aren’t family structures

Responses

A: Nuclear family – a family consisting of an adult male and female with one or more children (including adopted)

B: Polygamy - a marriage involving two or more wives or husbands

C: Reconstituted family (blended family) – a family formed out of another relationship, otherwise known as a step-family

D: Symmetrical family

E: Beanpole

F: Totempole

G: Extended family

Question 8

What is a reconstituted family?

Responses

A: A family made up of parents and grandparents

B: A family with no children

C: A family formed out of another relationship, otherwise known as a step-family

D: A family living apart but still in communication via phone, email, Skype etc.

E: A family containing relatives in addition to the nuclear family

Question 9

What is a civil partnership?

Responses

A: Civil partnerships granted under the Civil Partnership Act 2014, allow same-sex couples to obtain essentially the same rights and responsibilities as civil marriage

B: Civil partnerships granted under the Civil Partnership Act 2004, allow same-sex couples to obtain essentially the same rights and responsibilities as civil marriage

C: Civil partnerships granted under the Civil Partnership Act 2004, allow female same-sex couples to obtain essentially the same rights and responsibilities as civil marriage

D: Civil partnerships granted under the Civil Partnership Act 2014, allow female same-sex couples to obtain essentially the same rights and responsibilities as civil marriage

Question 10

When people cohabit what are they doing?

Responses

A: Cohabitation is an arrangement where two people who are not married live together in an emotional but not sexually intimate relationship on a long-term or permanent basis

B: Cohabitation is an arrangement where two people who are married live together in an emotionally and/or sexually intimate relationship on a long-term or permanent basis

C: Cohabitation is an arrangement where two people who are not married live together in an emotionally and/or sexually intimate relationship on a long-term or permanent basis

D: Cohabitation is an arrangement where two people with children who are not married live together in an emotionally and/or sexually intimate relationship on a long-term or permanent basis

Question 11

What is a blended family?

Responses

A: A family made up of parents and grandparents

B: A family with no children

C: A family living apart but still in communication via phone, email, Skype etc.

D: A family formed out of another relationship, otherwise known as a reconstituted or step-family

E: A family containing relatives in addition to the nuclear family

Question 12

Why are married couples seen to be monogamous?

Responses

A: Marriage is seen as monogamous as it is a form of relationship in which the couple have no sexual relations during the marriage

B: Marriage is seen as monogamous as it is a form of relationship in which an individual has lots of sexual partners during the marriage

C: Marriage is seen as monogamous as it is a form of relationship in which an individual only has different sexual partners if given consent by their spouse

D: Marriage is seen as monogamous as it is a form of relationship in which the couple are sexual faithful to each other during the lifetime of the marriage

Question 13

What is a nuclear family?

Responses

A: a family consisting of an adult male and female with one or more children (including adopted)

B: a family consisting of a pair of adults with one or more children (including adopted)

C: a family consisting of an adult male and female with one or more children (excluding adopted)

D: a family consisting of an adult male and female with no children

Question 14

What is a patriarchal family?

Responses

A – a family headed by women

B – a family headed by grandparents

C – a family headed by a same-sex couple

D – a family headed by men

Question 15

What is a single person household?

Responses

A- an individual living with their parents

B – an individual living with a group of friends such as students

C – an individual living with their child

D – an individual living alone