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SOCL 211 FINALS Flashcards

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TRUE/FALSE:
The United States has the highest teenage pregnancy of any developed country in the world.

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True

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Most children live with

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two parents

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examples of diversity in families around the world

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monogamy only legal form, permit pologamy, vary in narms and policies regarding same-sex marriage and family

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patterns, trends, and variations in u.s. families

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increased singlehood and older age marriage, + interracial relationships, delayed childbearing, increased births to unmarried women, stable divorce rate, blended families

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How the 3 main sociological theories view family problems

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Structural functionalism - as a social institution that performs important functions for society. ESSENTIAL FOR SOCIETY FUNCTIONING

Conflict theory -capatilism, social class, and power influence families. POWERFUL + WEALTH SHAPE SOCIAL PROBLEMS AND POLICIES

Symbolic interactionist - family interactions affect self-concept. LABELS & MEANINGS

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what is maritial decline perspective

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modernization in american families that signify collapse of marriage and family

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what is maritial resiliency perspective

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divorce indicates people value mairrage for symbolic value

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factors that effect acces to contraception and abortion

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  1. Lack of sex education
  2. U.S. highest teen pregnancy rate
  3. cost
  4. TRAP laws restrict access to abortion
  5. most believe abortion should be legal
  6. U.S. 50/50 pro-life and pro-choice
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social causes of divorce

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Social causes of divorce include

(1)the changing function of marriage,
(2)increased economic autonomy of women,
(3)greater work demands and economic stress,
(4)inequality in marital division of labor,
(5)no-fault divorce laws,
(6)increased individualism,
(7)intergenerational patterns, and
(8)longer life expectancy.

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effects of divorce on children

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  • lower scores/ academic success
  • high levels of agressiveness
  • high levels of depression
  • conflict marriages, divorce reduces these effects*
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4 types of partner violence

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  1. situational - occasional violence from arguments
  2. coercive
    - violence from wishing to contol a partner
  3. violent resistance - self-defense
  4. speration-instigated - atypical violence during seperation process
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why do some stay in abusive relationships

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economic dependency, emotional attachment, commitment, guilt, fear, hope, etc.

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most common form of child abuse

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  1. neglect
  2. deadly - abusive head trauma aka shaken baby syndrome
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factors of domestic violence and abuse

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  1. individual, relationship, and fam factors
  2. gender equaltiy
  3. acceptance of coporal punishment
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strategies to strengthen families

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  1. expand defenition of family
  2. workplace and economic support
  3. improve sex education and access to contraception
  4. divorce mediation and education programs
  5. domestic violence and abuse prevention
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what is globalization

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increast economic, cultural, and tech interdependence

  • climate change universal
  • some impace only the nation they occur in
17
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causes of political partisanship in the U.S.

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political extemist, increased racial, religious, and ethnic diversity, increase division between social classes, and disinformation campaigns

18
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what is a social problem

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both objective and subjective condition that a sefment of society is harmful and in need of a remedy.

Objective - exestience of a social condition

Subjective - belief that a social problem is harmful to a certain segmant or group of society

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what is meant by the structure of society

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way society is organized

20
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components of the structure of society

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social groups, statuses, roles

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what is meant by the culture of society

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meanings and way of life

22
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components of the culture of society

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beliefs (what is assumed to be true), values (good and bad), norms (rules of behavior), and symbols

23
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what is social imagination

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concept by C.Wright Mills (1959). ability to see connections b/n our lives and the social world. we can distinguish private troubles from public issues

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difference b/n the 3 sociological perspectives

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structural funtionalism
- interconnected parts work together inharmony

conflic perpective
- different groups and interests competing for power

symbolic interationism
- human behavior influenced by labels and meanings created and maintained through interacting with others

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4 stages of research study

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  1. question
  2. review literature
  3. define variables
  4. hypotheses
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how research methods differ

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experiments - manipulate indp. variable to show effets on dep. variable

survey
- info from respondents to study social behavior naturally

secondary data
- data already collected

27
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what is a social movement

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organized group of ppl with common goal to promote or resist social change

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