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What is modern industrial society?
Smaller nuclear families living in urban areas due to introduction of modern technology/industrial revolution
What is traditional pre-industrial society?
Larger extended families living in the countryside working together in agriculture
What is the function fit theory?
The functions a family performs depend on the kind of society in which it is found
What is ascribed status?
Status that you are born with
What is achieved status?
Status you have worked for in life
What is status?
Position in society
What is geographical isolation?
Living away from other people
What is a mobile nuclear family?
Moving based on job needs
What is a skilled workforce?
Workers with special skills/training
What is a unit of production?
When the family produces/makes something e.g. food from a farm
What is a unit of consumption?
When the family ‘uses up’ resources e.g. clothes, electricity
What is self sufficiency?
When the family aims to look after itself without the help of external agencies
What are irreducible functions?
Functions that don’t change
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