Quiz March 26 Flashcards
(29 cards)
What is the family ?
How do sociologist define it ? ( p 86)
Sociologist define it as
What is different in Canada’s family today ?
1) new roles
2) new gender distinction
3) new child rearing patterns
4) women taking breadwinner role
5) many people rather live with each other then marry
What system does Canada follow ?
What does that system mean ?
1) Canada follows a bilateral descent system
2) kinship system in which both sides of the family are seen as equally important
Definition :
Patrilineal desceant :
Kinship system where only the fathers relatives are important
Definition : matrilineal descent:
Only the mothers relatives are seen as important
Definition : extended family
A family relatives - grandparents -uncles -aunts Live in these same household as parents and there children
Definition : monogamy
Marriage where two people are only married to each other
Definition : serial monogamy
Marriage where a person may have many spouses in his other lifetime but one at a time
Definition: polygyny
Form of polygamy = form of polygamy where a man may have more then one wife at the same time
Definition : polyandry
Form of polygamy where the women may have more then one husband at the same time
What do functionalist look into when it comes to family
What can families do for society and for their members
What are the 6 primary functions that family perform for us
1) reproduction = allows society to maintain itself by replacing dead members
2) socialization = transmitting norms values language culture from parents to children
3) protection = constant care and economic stability for a child
4) regulation of sexual behavior = time period and cultural values towards standards of sexual behavior defined within the family circle
5) affection and compassion: expecting caring understanding and support from our relatives
6) provision of social status = how race ethnicity religion social class of our parents will have an impact on our future
Definition of endogamy
Marrying someone of there own kind
Definition Homogamy =
Conscious / unconscious tendency to select a mate with similar characteristics to yourself
Polyamory
Open relationships can’t be illegal because it’s not marriage you need to have consent from all the partners
Common law :
Marriage:
Common law :
-cohabitation
Marriage :
- demographics changing
- postponement
- health
Predicting marriage:
- length of marriage
- age and class
- homogamy ( opposites do not attract )
- cohabitation
- gender roles important ( household , chores women’s double day )
- remarriages : high
What is the self ? ( 4 answer )
What makes you different ?
What do sociologist look at “ self “ as being ?
What is the self ? Answer : 1) knowledge of your own being 2) your emotions 3) your way of thinking 4) your actions
What makes you different?
Answer : Your perspectives
What do sociologist look at the “ self “ as being ?
Answer : your own personal identity
Theory # 1 On socialization
Symbolic interactions looks at ?
What impacts our self development?
Who coined the term though the looking glassself ?
How do we learn about ourselves?
How do we know if someone’s is happy with you ? ( 2 answers)
Symbolic interactions looks at :
How do we develop the self
Who coined the term the “ looking glass self “
Answer : Charles Cooley
What impacts our self development:
Answer : how others see us
How do we learn about ourselves?
Answer : through interactions
How do we know if someone’s happy with you ?
Answer :
1) through body language
2) expressions
Theory # 2
“ the I and the Me”
Who coined the theory of the “ I and the Me “ ?
Who coined the theory the “ I and the Me “
Answer :
George Mead
What are the two components that form the self explain both components:
1) the “ I “ :
You’re born with the “ I “
- spontaneous, creative , impulsive , unpredictable
2)the “ Me “
Overtime you become the “ Me “ when you become socialized
Socialized self :
1) the one that makes you concerned for others
2) controls impulses and behaviors
Exemple: you want a car
Me : will work for car
I : will steal the car will throw a tantrum
Who coined the theory: development of the self
Definition of significant others :
What age does the significant other take place / and what do you learn :
What is the importance of role taking ?
Who coined the theory-development of the self :
Answer : George Mead
Definition of significant others :
Answer :
People most important to our development of self
exemple: parent
What age does the significant other take place / and what do you learn :
Answer : from 0 to 3years old
And you learn the most important part of socialization
What is the importance of role taking :
Role taking helps people become socialized
- putting yourself in someone’s shoes *
Definition of sex :
Definition of what gender is ?
Definition of sex :
Answer :
Emphasizes differences in chromosomes anatomy and hormones
What is gender :
Gender is learned
Gender is sociolaly constructed
What is transvestites :
What is Transgendered :
What is transsexuals :
What is homophobia:
Transvestites : not gay clothes you wear have nothing to do with your sexuality
Transgenderd : DONT feel like you were born in the right body
Transsexuals : sex change operation , are not homosexual
Homophobia : negative attitudes, intolerance
- heteronormativity, heterosexism
What is the self ? ( 4 answer )
What makes you different ?
What do sociologist look at “ self “ as being ?
What is the self ? Answer : 1) knowledge of your own being 2) your emotions 3) your way of thinking 4) your actions
What makes you different?
Answer : Your perspectives
What do sociologist look at the “ self “ as being ?
Answer : your own personal identity
