Asc 301: Sociology Of Marriage And Family Question Paper
Asc 301: Sociology Of Marriage And Family
Course:Bachelor Of Education
Institution: Kenyatta University question papers
Exam Year:2009
KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2008/2009
SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR
OF ARTS
ASC 301: SOCIOLOGY OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY
DATE: TUESDAY 7TH APRIL 2009 TIME: 2.00 P.M. - 4.00 P.M.
INSTRUCTIONS
• Answer any three questions.
• All questions carry equal marks. (23.3 %)
Q.1 Discuss with the aid of examples any four ways in which customary marriages are
compatible with religious marriages.
Q.2 a) What do you understand by the concepts of endogamous and exogamous
marriages?
b) The term “in-law” describes behavioral norms in social interaction.
Explain how this term applies to daughter-in-law and father-in- law
relationships in an African marriage.
Q3 Peter Ojaamong’ and Christine Nafula have cohabited for the last five years, in
the process getting two children: a four-year old son and a two-year old daughter.
Discuss any four problems this informal union is likely to face.
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Q.4 a) Explain the concept of the wider family in African communities.
b) Discuss any three factors that explain the persistence of this family form in
Africa.
Q.5 a) Distinguish between gender ideology and feminist ideology in explaining
male-female relationships in the marriage institution.
b) Discuss any three consequences of one of these ideologies to the stability
of the African marriage institution.
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