Sociology - Families (AQA GCSE 8192) 2024
Agency of socialisation - A social group or institution responsible for undertaking
socialisation, such as a family, peer group, school, workplace, religion and the
mass media.
Arranged marriage - a marriage in which the family or relatives of the prospective
spouses take the leading role in finding a suitable partner for them.
Bigamy - the offence of getting married to someone while already married to
someone else.
Blended (or reconstituted family) - a family in which one or both partners have a
child or children from a previous relationship, living together in a household.
Census - a questionnaire survey conducted every 10 years in the UK to collect
information on the whole population.
Canalization - the way parents channel their children's interests into toys, games
and other activities that are seen as gender appropriate.
Cereal packet family - Idealised image of family used in advertising, usually a
nuclear family.
, Sociology - Families (AQA GCSE 8192) 2024
Cohabitation - living with a partner outside marriage or civil partnership.
Commune - a group of people who live together and share possessions, wealth
and property.
Conjugal relationships - the domestic roles of married or cohabiting partners.
Conventional family - a traditional nuclear family containing a married couple and
their children who live together.
Dependent family members - family members who depend on others within the
family due to their age, for example, or lack of money
Crisis of masculinity - the idea that males see their traditional masculine identity
as under threat today. For example, they are no longer the breadwinner within
the family.
Domestic division of labour - the division of tasks such as housework, childcare
and DIY between men and women within the home.
Agency of socialisation - A social group or institution responsible for undertaking
socialisation, such as a family, peer group, school, workplace, religion and the
mass media.
Arranged marriage - a marriage in which the family or relatives of the prospective
spouses take the leading role in finding a suitable partner for them.
Bigamy - the offence of getting married to someone while already married to
someone else.
Blended (or reconstituted family) - a family in which one or both partners have a
child or children from a previous relationship, living together in a household.
Census - a questionnaire survey conducted every 10 years in the UK to collect
information on the whole population.
Canalization - the way parents channel their children's interests into toys, games
and other activities that are seen as gender appropriate.
Cereal packet family - Idealised image of family used in advertising, usually a
nuclear family.
, Sociology - Families (AQA GCSE 8192) 2024
Cohabitation - living with a partner outside marriage or civil partnership.
Commune - a group of people who live together and share possessions, wealth
and property.
Conjugal relationships - the domestic roles of married or cohabiting partners.
Conventional family - a traditional nuclear family containing a married couple and
their children who live together.
Dependent family members - family members who depend on others within the
family due to their age, for example, or lack of money
Crisis of masculinity - the idea that males see their traditional masculine identity
as under threat today. For example, they are no longer the breadwinner within
the family.
Domestic division of labour - the division of tasks such as housework, childcare
and DIY between men and women within the home.
