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regarded as the most basic social unit or institution

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families

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are dense nodes of social interaction

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families

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what goes on in family life is not just relevant to the _______ of home

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private sphere

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shape our sense of self and place in the world

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family

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reflect our broader society

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our family situations

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make meaning, organize resources, and influence our orientations toward self and others

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our specific social locations

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some think a family must consist of individuals from at least

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2 generations living in same household

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doesn’t have an intergenerational requirement

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census family

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perspective that focuses on the sequence of socially defined events and roles that the individual enacts over time

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life course perspective

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the life course perspective draws attention to ______ in ppls life events and roles

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diversity

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looks longitudinally at lives while also examining them in a broader sociohistorical context

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life course perspective

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the interconnectedness of our life courses with ppl that we are close to

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linked lives

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family of a heterosexual couple and their children

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nuclear family

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married couple and children, couple living common law and children, lone parent with 1 child in same home

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census family

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include same sex marriage, children through birth, adoption, common law union or marriage

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cense family

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all members of a census family live

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in the same dwelling

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include other relatives like grandparents, aunts, uncles

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extended families

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the family into which we are born or adopted and raised

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families of orientation

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family that forms through domestic partnerships and the birth or adoption of children

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families of procreation

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ppl in our lives that we consider and related to as family, although they are not related to us

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fictive kin

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families in the African context include

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intergenerational requirements

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a man having more than 1 wife at the same time

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polygamy

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the process whereby individuals become competent members of a social group and is a key responsibility of families

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socialization

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socialization that happens in childhood

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primary socialization

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occurs as an individual enters new contexts and roles
secondary socialization
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to become a competent member of society, we receive and make use of _______ for feeling, thinking, acting, and representing
cultural models
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can also be a force of change and innovation (parents using emojis)
socialization
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in examining family and child-rearing, sociologists tend to focus on ________ , but also acknowledge that ________ impact the process of socialization
- social origins of behaviour and thought | - biological forces
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indigenous children were taken from their biological families and put into non-Indigenous enviros
Sixties Scoop
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parents and primary caregivers are central in promoting the ______ of children during their early lives
socialization
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5 key domains of socialization in early life
1. emotional socialization 2. gender socialization 3. racial/ethnic socialization 4. religious socialization 5. financial and work socialization
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parents assist in developing their children's abilities to interpret, express, and self-regulate their emotions
emotional socialization
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in the first few years of their life, children show many
universal patterns of expression
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as children get older they gain competence in ______ and, ______ that are specific to their culture
emotional vocab | display rules
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a child's parents are involved in shaping their constructions and performances of ________ and _________
gender roles | gender socializations
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the social expectations assigned to ppl based on their gender identities
gender roles
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as girls progress toward young adulthood, they typically learn from family to perform their
emotion work
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the management of one's feelings in a social context (expression or suppression of feelings)
emotion work
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emotion work is done to improve or maintain
social relationships
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the process of transmitting and learning what it means to belong to an ethnic or racial group
racial/ethnic socialization
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a group defined by shared culture
ethnic group
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a group defined by perceived biological or physical similarities
racial group
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often intended to help a child develop a positive sense of ethnic identity and prepare for racial biases in later life
racial/ethnic socialization
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received fewer racial socialization messages
children of white parents
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exposing children to religious ppl, institutions and messages that can have lasting effects
religious socialization
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_______ in religious messages is important for children's adoption of religion
consitency
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when parents have different religious beliefs, children are _______ to commit to a set of religious beliefs
less likely
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how money is spent in our family both ______ and ________ influence our own understanding and behaviours through the life course
concretely | symbolically
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ppl often engage in _______ by learning about what might be expected or experienced in a new role
anticipatory socialization
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socialization that occurs prior to taking on an anticipated social role and is meant to prepare the individual for taking on the new role
anticipatory socialization
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occurs when a person who has already been socialized by their family is socialized into new contexts and roles
secondary socialization
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happens when we suddenly get pushed into a new role
resocialization
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an often abrupt and unanticipated process of becoming socialized into a new social role
resocialization
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involves developing a sense of self in response to how we think others see us
socialization
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where one leaves a social role that one has outgrown or chooses to vacate
role exit
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Cooley's concept of how ppl develop self-concept by observing how others perceive them
looking glass self
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interactions with significant others can result in
ossification
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when someone we are close to whose judgements we value tells us we are something, we often evolve into those behaviours and roles in durable ways
ossification
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the transition to adulthood spans ages
18-30 or 35
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conventional status markers of adulthood in the West are becoming (3)
delayed reversible less tangible
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there are historically high rates of ______ and ______ back to the parental home
coresidence | boomeranging
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a shared living arrangement between parents and their adult children
coresidence
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returning to the parental home after living independently for a period
boomeranging
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this is no longer assumed to be a prelude to family formation
coupling
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contraceptives, laws governing reproductive rights and, laws making divorce easier have helped the rise of
plastic sexuality
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the rise of choice in our erotic and sexual expressions and the uncoupling of relationships from the imperative to reproduce
plastic sexuality
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where ppls' social locations leave them with few potential partners, such as individuals in later life
thin market
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when families change, there is often a period of
institutional lag
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where other structures and institutions have not adjusted to change in families
institutional lag
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tends to disadvantage women cuz of negative labelling and reports of lower sexual satisfaction
hookup culture
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term for a single person who is thriving in single life
super single
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households with at least 3 generations of the same family
multigenerational households
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where couples maintain a committed relationship while living in separate dwellings
living apart together
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occurs when family capital is passed from older to younger generations
intergenerational transmissions of (dis)advantage
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responsibility to care toward one's parent
filial responsibility

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