Sociology Family and Marriage

Question 1

4 Trends that shape dating

Answer 1

shifts in dating system, increase cohabitation, divorce, and tech

Question 2

Romantic love

Answer 2

Passionate and in love

Question 3

Utilitarian love

Answer 3

practical and functional

Question 4

Social Scripts

Answer 4

Expectations of behavior

Question 5

Cohabbitiation

Answer 5

More acceptable then in the past but less stable then marriage

Question 6

Trend in marriage

Answer 6

people get married later and tend to be happier then unmarried people

Question 7

Fertility rate below 2.1

Answer 7

population is shrinking

Question 8

Fertility rate above 2.1

Answer 8

above replacement

Question 9

Fertility in US

Answer 9

Declining since post-baby boom

Question 10

Children

Answer 10

went from economic to symbolic

Question 11

Intensive motherhood

Answer 11

mom sacrificing their own time to cultivate and be involved in their kids lives

Question 12

Involved fatherhood

Answer 12

expected to provide economically and emotionally to children

Question 13

Crude divorce rate

Answer 13

how common divorce is in the whole population

Question 14

Refined divorce rate

Answer 14

the number of divorces compared to the number of marriages

Question 15

Divorce marriage ratio

Answer 15

frequency of divorce in new marriages

Question 16

Income effect

Answer 16

couples with higher incomes and edu. are more stable/ less likely to divorce

Question 17

Independence

Answer 17

when people have economic means to survive on their own, they are more likely to leave unhappy marriages

Question 18

Social forces around divorce

Answer 18

less stigma, law (it’s easier), and gray (people get divorced later)

Question 19

Grey divorce

Answer 19

people getting divorced after kids leave (55+)

Question 20

Boundary ambiguity

Answer 20

families don’t know/agree on who the family is and what roles people play

Question 21

Care work

Answer 21

face-to-face unpaid work of caring for people in the family

Question 22

Market work

Answer 22

paid work that is outside in the public sphere

Question 23

Formal work

Answer 23

paid work outside the home (men>women)

Question 25

Informal work

Answer 25

unpaid work in the home (women>men)

Question 26

Household division of labor

Answer 26

how roles are delegated in the house

Question 27

Second shift

Answer 27

work done once going to work

Question 28

Motherhood penalty

Answer 28

description of pay loss that women with children loose

Question 29

Occupational gender segregation

Answer 29

the labor market being segregated in terms of gender (ties to the gender pay gap)

Question 30

Glass ceiling

Answer 30

women not being able to get into positions of power

Question 31

Glass elevator

Answer 31

men riding to the top into positions of power

Question 32

FMLA

Answer 32

US does not allow many opportunities for women (no guarantee paid time off)

Question 33

Intimacy

Answer 33

inimate relationships between two people

Question 34

People at high risk of abuse

Answer 34

children, young women, women leaving abusive relationships, relationships with drinking or drug abuse

Question 35

Intimate partner violence

Answer 35

its more inclusive of the violent experinece

Question 36

Feminist perspective on violence

Answer 36

men are in control and in power in many domains in the social workld putting women at a disadvantage

Question 37

Social diversity

Answer 37

the different experiences people have

Question 38

Sociological mindfulness

Answer 38

realizing our own experiences are a part of the larger social world