Thinker
George Peter Murdock
George Peter Murdock is central to 8 previous-year questions, spanning 2009 to 2025 across Paper I and Paper II. Everything below is drawn from the official papers — the questions themselves, the concepts they test, and where they sit in the syllabus.
8Questions
2009–25Years tested
I & IIPaper
2Syllabus topics
Concepts asked alongside George Peter Murdock
What the examiner actually wants you to know when this name appears.
co-residence 3domestic group 3family 2household 2kinship 2cohabitationconjugal bondconsanguineal and affinal tiescross-cultural methodfamily as a kinship groupfamily diversityfeminist critiquefunctionalist view of the familyfunctions of the familyhousehold as a residential unitindividualisationinteractionist perspectivekinship terminology
Where George Peter Murdock appears in the syllabus
Every question on George Peter Murdock
Each links to a full breakdown — how to approach it, a model answer, and the examiner’s perspective.
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