1. Question 1
Early Marxists like Engels (1880) saw the family as a mechanism through…

2. Responses
A - which women were indoctrinated to cook, clean and look after children B - which private property (a key part of capitalism) could be passed on heirs C - which allowed four key processes of socialisation to occur D - which allowed for the triple-shift to occur

3. Question 2
Althusser (1971) a French Marxist, argued that in order for capitalism to survive people must be taught how to think and behave, and…..

4. Responses A - the family was the best mechanism for doing this
B - the family was the worst place for doing this as schools and the media did it better
C - the family was the worst mechanism for doing this
D - step or blended families was the best mechanism for doing this

5. Question 3
Althusser saw the family as a place of…….

6. A – a place of harmony which allowed all family members to flourish
B – a place where socialisation into society’s norms, values and beliefs was best undertaken
C – a place where gender relations were equal
D - conflict, with unequal relations of power between its members and so socialises children into values of capitalism

7. Question 4
Marxists like Zaretsky (1976) add more weight to the argument the family is simply there as an aid to capitalism because……

8. Responses
A - the family is the best place to control the appetites of young consumers B - the family socialises family members into societies equal relations of power between the social classes C - the family consumes the products of capitalism, which perpetuates the profits for the ruling-class D - the family only consumes the products of capitalism that it needs