Final Flashcards
(135 cards)
Based on her Time Bind hypothesis, Arilie Hochschild argues:
Time pressures at home often make the workplace seem like a “vacation”
What is a nuclear family?
A family consisting of a husband, wife, and children
The “second shift” refers to:
House cleaning, cooking, childcare, etc. done in addition to a job for wages
On average, when a husband earns less money than his wife or is laid off from his job:
The housework is more likely to be divided equally
Compared to traditional patterns of family, what new forms of family have emerged in the U.S.?
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One-parent families
Families without children
Cohabitation
Gay & Lesbian families
List and explain at least 3 of the 6 social functions served by the traditional family.
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Regulation of sexual behavior Reproduction (society need to grow) Socialization of Children (religious training) Economic Production (support family) Inheritance Network Care of the sick and aged
The proponents of the family decline perspective identify all of the following factors as contributors to decline in adult commitment EXCEPT ________.
C. Lower rates of premarital sex
A. Lower marriage rates
B. Rising divorce rates
C. Lower rates of premarital sex
D. Rising rates of cohabitation
Proponents of the economic restructuring perspective on family change consider all of the following to be consequences of a new economic order EXCEPT __________.
D. Financial stability among middle-class families
A. the blurring of gender boundaries
B. the rise of dual-earner families
C. an emphasis on individual choice and self-reliance
D. financial stability among middle-class families
Which of the following statements is true about U.S. society?
The number of people who have friends and family they can talk to about important matters has declined dramatically over the last two decades
Which of the following arguments can explain why the divorce rates U.S. have been declining since the 1980’s?
People who get married very young are more at risk of divorce than people who are a little older when they get married. Since the 1980s, the average age at which men and women decide to get married for the first time has increased. Americans who get married for the first time are older than ever before. Therefore, there are fewer divorces now than there used to be.
Which statement best describes the American divorce rate since 1900?
It generally rose until 1980’s, then declined
The gender restructuring perspective on family change recognizes that ________ has (have) changed but ________ has (have) not.
The structure jobs and careers
The care-taking needs of families
Which of the following statements about love and Marriage is NOT correct?
C. On average, in the U.S. marriages in the 1940s were a lot happier than today’s marriages
A. Throughout history there have been many different reasons outside of love why people
married.
B. The idea that marriage should be based on love emerged only relatively recently in
history.
C. On average, in the U.S. marriages in the 1940s where a lot happier than today’s
marriages.
D. The more people believe that marriage should be based primarily on love, the higher
their expectations a
Which of the following statements is accurate about family life in traditional societies?
The extended family is more common than the nuclear family
__________ argues that social movement outcomes are determined principally not by their ideas, but by how effectively social movement organizations acquire and use key resources.
Resource-mobilization theory
Which theory best explains the emergence of new definitions of acceptable behavior in crowd situations or other collective behavior situations?
Emergent norms theory
What does relative deprivation theory say? When is collective action most likely to occur?
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Feelings of deprivation are important: money,justice, status, privilege
Civil rights movement, i didnt get this one because I was talking to you
Which of the following was NOT given as a reason people believe in rumors?
B. They give power to the person communication the rumor
A. Rumors deal with a subject that is important to the individual.
B. They give power to the person communicating the rumor.
C. They replace ambiguity with some form of certainty.
D. They are attributed to a credible source.
Early theorists (LeBon) thought that people in crowds were crazy or out of control. However, modern approaches to crowd behavior do not share this view. Discuss how crowd behavior can be viewed as essentially rational.
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Organized, not actually a bunch of crazy people.
A social movement that resists some social change is a:
Reactive social movement
Rumors are more likely to be believed when the information _____________.
Is attributed to a credible source and is important to an individual
According to the textbook, what is the definition of a social movement?
A sustained collective action on the part of ordinary people to change certain aspects of a society
Based on rationale choice theory, why do people decide to participate in a social movement?
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If the potential benefits outweigh the potential costs-> do it
If the potential costs outweigh the potential benefits-> don’t do it
Minimax strategy: minimize cost, maximize payoff/benefits
Although a local pacifist movement has been successful in gaining acknowledgment as
a bona fide representative of its ideology, members have yet to see any of their
proposed policy or legislative initiatives enacted. In measuring what this movement has
and has not achieved, analysts would likely focus on the movement’s failure to attain
__________, in characterizing its lack of success.
New advantages
