Chapter 13.1-13.3- Family

Question 1

What is Family?

Answer 1

social institution (found in all societies) that unite people in cooperative groups to care for one another, including any children

Question 2

What is Kinship?

Answer 2

social bond based on common ancestry, marriage, or adoption

Question 3

What is Marriage?

Answer 3

legal relationship; usually involving economic cooperation, sexual activity, and childbearing

Question 4

What is Endogamy?

Answer 4

marriage between people of the same social category

Question 5

What is Exogamy?

Answer 5

marriage between people of different social categories

Question 6

What is the difference between Polygyny and Polyandry?

Answer 6

polygyny: one man and two or more women
polyandry: one woman and two or more men

Question 7

What is Descent?

Answer 7

system by which members of a society trace kinship over generations

Question 8

How does the Structural-Functional Theory affect the Functions of the Family (4 ways)?

Answer 8

shows how families help society operate smoothly:

1. socialization of the young
2. regulation of sexual activity
3. social placement
4. providing material and emotional support

Question 9

What is the Social-Conflict Theory and Feminist Theory regarding Inequality and the Family?

Answer 9

(explores how the family perpetuates social inequality by…) transmitting divisions based on class, gender, ethnicity, and race

Question 10

What is the Symbolic-Interaction Theory and Social-Exchange Theory regarding the Construction of Family Life?

Answer 10

highlight the variety of family life as experienced by various family members

Question 11

How does Social Class shape Family Life?

Answer 11

children born into rich families typically have better mental and physical health and achieve more in life than children born into poor families

Question 12

How does Ethnicity and Race affect a person’s Experience of Family Life?

Answer 12

no single generalization fits all families within a particular catergory

Question 13

How does Gender affect Family Dynamics?

Answer 13

husbands dominate in most marriages

Question 14

What is Homogamy?

Answer 14

marriage between 2 people with the same social characteristics

Question 15

How many Marriages today will end in Divorce?

Answer 15

about half

Question 16

What does Remarriage create?

Answer 16

blended families that include children from previous marriages

Question 17

How is Family violence generational and a widespread problem?

Answer 17

most adults who abuse family members were themselves abused as children

Question 18

When did Same-sex Marriage become legal in Canada? In USA?

Answer 18

Canada: 2005
USA: 2015

Question 19

What are some Alternative Family Forms?

Answer 19

one parent families, cohabitation, gay and lesbian couples, and singlehood; also new reproductive technologies changing conventional ways of parenthood