Exam 1

Question 1

Geneaology

Answer 1

study of ancestry and family history

Question 2

How many definitions are there for family

Answer 2

there are many definitions

Question 3

Family

Answer 3

group of related people bound by connections that are biological, legal, and emotional

Question 4

Personal Family

Answer 4

people who you feel related to and who we expect to define us as members of their own family

Question 5

What does personal family include

Answer 5

encompasses the idea of a blended family and changes in personal perception of family

Question 6

Household

Answer 6

group of people that lives and eats separately from other groups

Question 7

Legal Family

Answer 7

group related by birth, marriage, or adoption

Question 8

what does legal definition carries

Answer 8

it carries rights and responsibilities for distribution of resources
- most contested by marriage

Question 9

Family as an Institutional Arena

Answer 9

social space in which relationships between people in common positions are governened by accepted rules of interactions

• people occupy certain positions within an arena
• usually formal and informal rules of interactions: rules will change overtime

Question 10

Family arena

Answer 10

people practice intimacy, childbearing, and socialization: includes obligations and privileages

Question 11

State Arena

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political means is legally regulated, violence is controlled: established laws and policies

• determines who can and can’t get married

Question 12

Market Arena

Answer 12

labor for pay, economic change, and wealth accumulation take place: employment, education, and childcare

Question 13

Census

Answer 13

periodic count of people in population and their characteristics

Question 14

How often is a census used?

Answer 14

Every 10 years

Question 15

How is a census counted

Answer 15

uses the family definition, BUT lives in ONE HOUSEHOLD

• helps with distribution of resources

Question 16

Consensus Perspective

Answer 16

perspective that projects an image of society as a collective expression of shared norms

• got to have roles for society to work

Question 17

What 2 words does consensus perspective create

Answer 17

Consent and harmony form basis of society, order in life, and change

Question 18

What is structural functionalism

Answer 18

dominant sociological consensus theory

• good reason for things to be the way they are

Question 19

One type of structural functionalism where there is an employed father, non working mom and kids

Answer 19

breadwinner

Question 20

characteristics of breadwinner

Answer 20

• dominant in the 1950s
• roles of husband and wife were complementary and in harmony
• maintaining balance of roles was thought as safeguard of the institution of family

husband: instrumental role
wife: expressive role

Question 21

one type of view of opposition and conflict

Answer 21

conflict perspective

Question 22

Characteristics of conflict perspective

Answer 22

• criticized consensus perspective
• criticized status quo: barking on inequalities
• reaction to structural functionalism: change instead of stability
• maintains conflict over differences can create positive change– changes don’t threaten stability

Question 23

Example of contemporary theory that falls under conflict perspective that reduces inequality between men and women

Answer 23

Feminist theory

Question 24

socialization

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people internalize elements of social structure in own personalities

• teach boys to open doors for girls

Question 25

what does feminism believe about gender socialization

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family arena is where gender roles are learned family is only one site of gender socialization and inequality family structure is socially constructed

Question 26

exchange theory

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individuals with different resources and strengths enter into mutual relationships to maximize own gains

Question 27

importance of exchange theory

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individs cannot provide for all of own needs so they must exchange with others if rewarding to both: both will continue and either can leave if rewards are bad hated on bc resources of men and women are equal

Question 28

symbolic interaction

Answer 28

ability for humans to see themselves through the eyes of others and to enact social roles based on expectations social roles are much like symbols, and actions form basis for understanding sense of self and identity is formed through our actions and reactions we receive from others

Question 29

Modernity Theory 18th century to present

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emergence of individual as actor in society and how individuality changed personal and institutional relations - first time: personal taste and choice are expected

Question 30

first period of modernity theory

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gradual change: divorce, fewer kids, and more choice - maintained concept of normal family and family diversity existed but it was not cool - until the 1960s

Question 31

second period of modernity theory

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diversity and individual is normal - up to individual to pick family style and stay with it - 1970s to present

Question 32

family wage

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amount necessary for male earner to provide money so woman and children do not have to work

Question 33

demographic perspective

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study of how family behavior and household structures contribute to larger population processes - focus on birth, death, and migration: mostly on childbirth - looks for patterns and what is normal

Question 34

life course perspective

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study of family trajectories of individual and groups as they progress through lives one goal: place family events in historical context EX: family trajectories after 9/11 and all the babies born in COVID 19

Question 35

Cohort

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group of people who experience an event together at same point in time - helps put life events in historical context, and then compare correlation of historical events with family progress

Question 36

difficulties in studying families

Answer 36

1. to understand the core facts requires knowledge of context in which those facts occur 2. there can be many problems in telling the difference between correlation and cause: many things are correlated but not the cause of something 3. Possibility of bias