M&F Exam Flashcards
(35 cards)
What is selection effect?
the principle that whenever individuals sort themselves into groups, some of the differences among the group reflect preexisting differences among the individuals
According to the material tracking the history of family, the breadwinner-homemaker family of the 1950s….
was a short-lived period of family which doesn’t reflect how families looked for much of US history
What is Cherlin’s overreaching view about marriage in America today?
it is less practically important but more symbolically important
Which of the following has the greatest impact on marriage survival rates?
educational attainment
What happens to the efficiency of martial searches as people age ?
tends to decrease because of less access to institutions that aid in matching
How have marraiges in the US changed?
Institutional to companionate to individualized
What is some disadvantages of marriage that was presented in class?
- more housework for women
- weight gain
-diminished social connections
What is the specialization model
Model of the marriage market that suggest that men trade earning potential for women’s housework and childbearing
Describe polygamy in the US
Is illegal; but people still do practice it in the US
What era of divorce is the US currently in?
Era of Unrestricted divorce
How would you describe the marriage rate today?
decreasing
What is an important consideration in deciding if a divorce is better than staying together ?
the marital quality
Which is more likely to end in divorce, remarriages or first marraiges?
remarriages
Which of the following types of households have seen the greatest decline in the US?
two parent households
Fertility in the US has…
decreased
What is a responsive workplace?
a workplace in which job conditions are designed to allow employees to meet their family responsibilities more easily
What is the transitional marriage ideology?
leads to women working but also taking on the majority of the work at home as the women continues to identify more with work at home and the man identify more with work outside the home
List a function of a public family
produce the next generation of workers for society
According to Arnett, which below is a societal shift that lead to emerging adulthood as a new life course category?
the emergence of a youth culture and the feminist movement
Emerging adulthood is generally…
a demographically rich time
What are Arnetts five characteristics of emerging adulthood?
- age of instability
- age of feeling in-between
- age of possibilities
- age of identity explorations
- most self-focused time of life
What is difference about dating today compared to the 1950s?
it is likely to come later and represent a committed relationship, rather than be the start of relationship formation
what happen as a result of the move from courtship to dating in relationship formation?
dating moved relationship away from the females home and thus decreased the power of females
What is “double-bind” for college women looking to form relationships today?
women are stigmatized for and report lower satisfaction with hookups but relationships are costly
