Ch. 9 Family

Question 1

Traditional Family

Answer 1

A group of people who are related to one another by bonds of blood, marriage, or adoption and who live together: form an economic unit and bear/ raise children.

Question 2

Kinship System

Answer 2

A social network of people based on common ancestry, marriage, or adoption

Question 3

Marriage

Answer 3

A legally recognized or socially approved arrangement between two or more individuals that carries certain rights and obligations.

Question 4

Marriage differences

Answer 4

Never been married is different than not married currently.

Question 5

Family Structure

Answer 5

Monogamy: marriage to one person at a time (the legal pattern in Canada).

Question 6

Polygamy

Answer 6

One person married to two or more other people.

Question 7

Polygyny vs Polyandry

Answer 7

Economic difference.
Polygyny: Many woman married to one man.
Polyandry: One woman married to many men.

Question 8

Family Violence

Answer 8

highly underreported as it takes place behind closed doors.

Question 9

Family Difficulties

Answer 9

-Poverty, cultural destruction and violence. Indicative of an absence of social supports for families in today’s society.

Question 10

Functionalist perspective

Answer 10

Emphasize the importance of the family in maintaining stability.
Durkheim: labor contributed to division in social life in families.

Question 11

Parsons family model and functions

Answer 11

-Sexual regulation
-Socialization
-Economic and psychological support
-Provision of social status

Question 12

Family Conflict perspective

Answer 12

Patriarchy vs Matriarchy

Question 13

Symbolic Family Interactionism

Answer 13

-Families are socially constructed
-Each family has a unique understanding of their identity
-Marriages are socially constructed

Question 14

Cohabitation

Answer 14

A couple living together without being legally married.

Question 15

Marriage

Answer 15

Is still very popular in spite of high rates of divorce.

Question 16

Homogamy

Answer 16

The practice of marriage between individuals who have similar characteristics such as social class, race/ethnicity and age.

Question 17

Dual income families

Answer 17

(Most Families) in which both partners are in the labour force.

Question 18

Second Shift

Answer 18

The domestic work that employed women perform at home after their formal workday.

Question 19

Voluntary Childness

Answer 19

About 33% of couples decide not to have children before they marry

Question 20

Involuntary Childness

Answer 20

Infertility issues.

Question 21

Reproductive technologies

Answer 21

-Test tube babies or in vitro fertilization
-Artificial insemination

Question 22

Single Parents

Answer 22

Mostly women about 80% in Canada.

Question 23

Family Violence

Answer 23

-Spouse Abuse
-Child abuse
-Dating violence
-Same sex violence
-Elderly abuse
-Sibling violence
-Children against parents

Question 24

Divorce

Answer 24

Probability: about 30-40% of marriages will end in divorce.

Question 25

Gay and Lesbian Families

Answer 25

Less rights than heterosexual parents.

Question 26

Aboriginal Families

Answer 26

-Extended family
-Economic Cooperation
-60’s scoop
-Colonization effects
-New: to reclaim their own culture and traditions.

Question 27

Family issues

Answer 27

-Family diversity
-Dual Earners
-Reproductive technologies
-Socialization and mass media