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Contemporary Family Diversity Matching Terms Quiz

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Family life in contemporary society is more diverse than the traditional nuclear family model suggests. Alongside well-known family forms, sociologists now use newer terms such as boomerang kids, KIPPERS, DINKS and LATs to describe changing patterns of intimacy, care, housing and dependency. This activity helps students match key contemporary family terms to their correct definitions, so they can build confidence with the language used in A Level Sociology when analysing family diversity and social change.

Contemporary Family Types: Matching Definitions

Click one term and then click the correct definition. This activity focuses on newer ways sociologists describe family, household and relationship patterns in contemporary society.

Student note: Some of these describe family forms, while others are household or relationship patterns. All of them are useful for analysing how family life is changing in the UK today.
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Key terms

Definitions

Select a term on the left, then choose the matching definition on the right.
Well done. You matched all 10 terms. These concepts are useful for showing that family life has become more diverse, fluid and shaped by social and economic change.
Extension task: Choose three of these terms and explain how they reflect wider social changes such as rising housing costs, later marriage, longer life expectancy, individualisation or changing gender roles.

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The Sociology Guy is a pseudonym originally used by Craig Gelling when he was working in an FE College to provide an outlet for his frustrations with how he was expected to teach and strict rules around intellectual property in his former employer. The Sociology Guy name came from his early years as a supply teacher, where students would often not know his name and ask for ‘the sociology guy’ when coming to the staff room. Initially set up in 2018 as an anonymous You Tube channel, Craig has since written, recorded and presented for many different organisations and education providers. His purpose is to try and make sociology both accessible and understandable for all students and support teachers to inspire the next generation of sociologists.

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