Midterm Terms

Question 1

Family

Answer 1

Groups of related people, bound by connections that are biological, legal, or emotional

Question 2

Fictive Kin

Answer 2

people other than legal or blood relatives who roles providing the needs others

Question 3

Exclusionist

Answer 3

Most restrictive definitions of family. Traditional definitions of marriage, children gender roles and heteronormativity

Question 4

Inclusionist

Answer 4

All-encompassing definition of family. If it functions like a family it is one.

Question 5

Moderators

Answer 5

Children and signifiers of commitment, like marriage, are fundamental to the definition of family

Question 6

Social institution

Answer 6

Organize patterns of beliefs and behaviors centered around basic social needs

Question 7

Institutional arena

Answer 7

A social space in which relationships between people and common positions are governed by acceptable rules of interaction

Question 8

Family arena

Answer 8

Institutional arena where people practice intimacy, childbearing, socialization, and care work

Question 9

Social scripts

Answer 9

Commonly understood patterns of interaction

Question 10

Race

Answer 10

Categorizing people on perceived physical similarities

Question 11

Ethnicity

Answer 11

Groups of people with common cultural heritage

Question 12

Minority group

Answer 12

Unequal access to economic, political, and social opportunities. Possess characteristics considered inferior by the dominant group

Question 13

Dominate group

Answer 13

Group that has greater power and privilege

Question 14

Acculturation

Answer 14

The acquisition of a new culture and language

Question 15

Assimilation

Answer 15

The gradual reduction of ethnic distinctions between immigrants in the mainstream society

Question 16

Consonant

Answer 16

Parents and children together transition away from home culture and language

Question 17

Dissonant

Answer 17

Children develop English ability more quickly and integrate into new society more easily than parents

Question 18

Stratification

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Hierarchical ranking of groups of people

Question 19

Social strata

Answer 19

One’s position in the hierarchic based on a combination of wealth, power, and prestige

Question 20

Social class

Answer 20

Group of people who share a similar position in society based on their wealth and income

Question 21

Absolute mobility

Answer 21

When a person earns more money (in inflation-adjusted of money) than their parents said at the exact same age

Question 22

Relative mobility

Answer 22

A person’s rank with in income distribution as a whole

Question 23

Intergenerational elasticity (IGE)

Answer 23

The strength of the relationship between generations tracking economic advantage over time

Question 24

Sex

Answer 24

The biological characteristics that identify an individual as male or female

Question 25

Sex identity

Answer 25

Recognition or internalization of the biological sex category

Question 26

Gender

Answer 26

Attitudes, self-concepts, and conduct expected of a given sex in society

Question 27

Gender identity

Answer 27

Identification with the social category

Question 28

Gender expression

Answer 28

One outward behavior pattern in relation to common standards of a gender category

Question 29

Socialization

Answer 29

The process by which individuals internalize elements of social structures, making those elements part of their personality

Question 30

Consensus perspective

Answer 30

A prospective that projects an image of society as a collective expression of shared norms and values

Question 31

Conflict perspective

Answer 31

The view that the opposition and conflict to define a society and are necessary for social evolution

Question 32

Feminist theory

Answer 32

A theory that seeks to understand and ultimately reduce the inequality between men and women

Question 33

Exchange theory

Answer 33

The theory that individuals or groups with different resources, strengths, and weaknesses enter into mutual relationships to maximize their own gains

Question 34

Symbolic interactionism

Answer 34

A theory concerned with the ability of humans to see themselves through the eyes of others humans and to enact social roles based on others' expectations

Question 35

Modernity theory

Answer 35

A theory of historical emergence of the individual as an actor and society and how individuality changed personal and institutional relations

Question 36

Monogamy

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A family system in which each person only has one spouse

Question 37

Polygamy

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A family system in which one person only has more than one spouse

Question 38

Polyandry

Answer 38

A family system in which Women only has more than one husband (Rare)

Question 39

Polygyny

Answer 39

A family system in which Man only has more than one wife (Common)

Question 40

Theory

Answer 40

Set of statements or propositions that seek to explain or predict a particular aspect of social life

Question 41

4 IGE findings

Answer 41

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