Lesson 01B1.2.1

01B1.2.1 Roles and relationships between partners Quiz: OCR Sociology, Unit 2

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The 20 questions

  1. Which sociologist coined the term 'conjugal roles' to describe domestic task division?

    • Elizabeth Bott
    • Ann Oakley
    • Talcott Parsons
    • Wilmott and Young
  2. What term describes domestic roles that are sharply divided by gender?

    • Segregated
    • Symmetrical
    • Shared
    • Integrated
  3. Which researchers famously identified the 'symmetrical family' in Bethnal Green?

    • Earp and Oakley
    • Wilmott and Young
    • Berger and Kellner
    • Delphy and Leonard
  4. What is a key feature of the symmetrical family according to Wilmott and Young?

    • Matriarchal control
    • Strict division
    • Financial isolation
    • Shared housework
  5. Which feminist sociologist heavily criticised Wilmott and Young's view of the symmetrical family?

    • Barrett and McIntosh
    • Fritzie Manuel
    • Ann Oakley
    • Jennifer Somerville
  6. What proportion of housework did Oakley find husbands shared equally in her study?

    • Roughly half
    • An absolute majority
    • Zero percent
    • A minority
  7. Which term describes women working a paid job plus unpaid domestic labour?

    • Segregated role
    • Dual burden
    • Joint labour
    • Triple shift
  8. What phrase adds emotional work to the dual burden to make it a 'triple shift'?

    • Financial support
    • Physical labour
    • Emotion work
    • Child discipline
  9. Which perspective argues that domestic division of labour is biologically determined?

    • Interactionism
    • Radical feminism
    • Functionalism
    • Marxism
  10. What name did Talcott Parsons give to the female domestic role?

    • Conjugal role
    • Economic role
    • Expressive role
    • Instrumental role
  11. What name did Talcott Parsons give to the male breadwinner role?

    • Symmetrical role
    • Expressive role
    • Instrumental role
    • Complementary role
  12. Which study by Duncombe and Marsden highlighted the concept of the emotion work gap?

    • Familial Capitalism
    • The Symmetrical Family
    • Housewife
    • Love and Salt
  13. Who argued that housework is exploited economic work maintaining capitalism?

    • Liberal feminists
    • New Right theorists
    • Postmodernists
    • Marxist feminists
  14. Which theoretical perspective celebrates greater diversity and choice in relationship types?

    • Postmodernism
    • Marxism
    • New Right
    • Functionalism
  15. Which political perspective strongly defends the traditional nuclear family and division of labour?

    • Socialism
    • New Right
    • Feminism
    • Interactionism
  16. What economic factor has heavily influenced the rise of dual-earner couples?

    • Falling house prices
    • Female employment
    • Welfare cuts
    • Universal basic income
  17. What term describes the control of family finances where one partner holds all resources?

    • Autonomous management
    • Egalitarian control
    • Allowance system
    • Pooling
  18. Which financial management system involves both partners having access to joint income?

    • Pooling
    • Separate accounts
    • Dictatorial control
    • Allowance system
  19. Which sociologists found that men often retain decision-making power even in pooling systems?

    • Cheal and Smart
    • Allan and Crow
    • Giddens and Beck
    • Vogler and Pahl
  20. What is the primary focus of Radical Feminist approaches to domestic divisions?

    • Economic class
    • Patriarchal power
    • Biological needs
    • Individual choice

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