Lesson 01B1.2.2

01B1.2.2 Roles and relationships between parents and children Quiz: OCR Sociology, Unit 2

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The 20 questions

  1. Which sociologist argued that modern childhood is characterised by distinct social separation from adulthood?

    • Philippe Ariès
    • Michael Young
    • John Bowlby
    • Talcott Parsons

  2. What term describes the shift towards child-centred families where children's needs are prioritised?

    • Reconstituted family
    • Extended family
    • Matrifocal family
    • Symmetrical family

  3. Which legislation established compulsory schooling, shifting children from economic assets to economic liabilities?

    • 1880 Education Act
    • 1918 Education Act
    • 1944 Education Act
    • 1988 Education Reform Act

  4. What did Neil Postman argue is happening to childhood in contemporary media-saturated society?

    • Institutionalising
    • Formalising
    • Disappearing
    • Extending

  5. Which term describes families where parents maintain joint conjugal roles regarding domestic and childcare tasks?

    • Symmetrical
    • Patriarchal
    • Traditional
    • Asymmetrical

  6. What is Sue Palmer's term for the modern technological and commercialized upbringing damaging youth development?

    • Digital generation
    • Commercial youth
    • Toxic childhood
    • Stolen youth

  7. Which theoretical perspective views the parent-child relationship primarily through generational power inequality?

    • Child liberationism
    • Functionalism
    • Marxism
    • New Right

  8. What is the primary focus of parental investment in modern families according to standard economic models?

    • Quantity over quality
    • Agricultural labour
    • Quality over quantity
    • Economic output

  9. Which concept did Jenks use to describe how childhood is currently viewed as a period of preparation?

    • Consuming
    • Being
    • Labouring
    • Becoming

  10. How do Functionalists view the socialization function of parents within the nuclear family?

    • Secondary socialisation
    • Economic exploitation
    • Primary socialisation
    • Political indoctrination

  11. Which term describes families where children exercise significant influence over household purchasing decisions?

    • Filial obedience
    • Pester power
    • Parental veto
    • Generational divide

  12. What trend in Western societies describes adults delaying having children until later in life?

    • Early emancipation
    • Extended adolescence
    • Delayed motherhood
    • Compulsory schooling

  13. Which demographic trend directly contributes to children having more living grandparents involved in their lives?

    • Falling birth rates
    • Increased emigration
    • Higher infant mortality
    • Increased life expectancy

  14. What term describes households where adult children return to live with parents due to housing costs?

    • Orphaned youths
    • Boomerang children
    • Foundling children
    • Latchkey kids

  15. Which group of sociologists emphasises that children are active agents who create their own peer cultures?

    • Interpretivists
    • New Right theorists
    • Marxist historians
    • Functionalists

  16. What major legal shift occurred with the Children Act 1989 regarding parental rights and responsibilities?

    • Welfare principle
    • Patriarchal control
    • Economic ownership
    • Absolute authority

  17. Which Marxist perspective argues that modern families socialise children into accepting capitalist inequality?

    • Ideological conditioning
    • Biological determinism
    • Meritocratic selection
    • Natural selection

  18. What phrase describes children who let themselves into an empty home after school while parents work?

    • Boarding pupils
    • Apprentice workers
    • Institutionalised youths
    • Latchkey children

  19. Which term describes the growing commercialisation directed specifically at children as active consumers?

    • Subterranean culture
    • Folk culture
    • High culture
    • Kidult culture

  20. Which concept describes children being forced to grow up too quickly due to adult media exposure?

    • Toxic childhood
    • Hurried child
    • Median displacement
    • Commercialisation

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