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GCSE Sociology · key term
Willmott and Young’s principle that changes in family norms and behaviour begin among higher social classes and spread to other classes.
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Revise: Changing Relationships Within FamiliesTheir principle of stratified diffusion concerned how change spread through society. ‘Stratified’ refers to social layers or classes; ‘diffusion’ means spreading. They argued that new family patterns began among the wealthier classes and were then adopted by other classes.
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Willmott and Young’s explanation that changes in family life begin higher in the social class hierarchy and spread downwards to other classes.
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Willmott and Young used the principle of stratified diffusion to explain changes in family life. Social stratification means the arrangement of society into unequal layers, including social classes. They argued that new family patterns begin higher in this hierarchy and spread downwards, from the middle class to the working class.
