CH 5 Family & Socialization (TERMS)

Question 1

Family (in terms of sociology)

Answer 1

The most basic social unit, or institution.

Question 2

Census family

Answer 2

A household made up of a married couple, a common-law couple, or a single parent and their children

Question 3

Primary socialization

Answer 3

The process of learning social norms, values, and behaviours during childhood

Question 4

Secondary socialization

Answer 4

The process of learning how to behave in society outside of the family

• Occurs as an individual enters new contexts and roles

Question 5

The Sixties Scoop

Answer 5

An historical phase (mainly 1960s – 1980s) characterized by the mass removal of Indigenous children from their families into the child welfare system, in most cases without the consent of their families or bands.

Question 6

Socialization in Early Life: Key Domains (5)

Answer 6

1. Emotional socialization
2. Gender socialization
3. Racial/ethnic socialization
4. Religious socialization
5. Financial and work socialization

Question 7

Anticipatory socialization

Answer 7

The process of adopting the values and behaviours of a group that someone wants to join

Question 8

Ossification

Answer 8

A process whereby roles, over time, harden into parts of our self-concept

• Made by the interactions with significant others

Question 9

Resocialization

Answer 9

The process of changing a person’s values, beliefs, and behaviours by learning new norms and discarding old ones

Question 10

Total institutions

Answer 10

A place where people live and work in isolation from society, following strict rules set by an authority

• Intended to profoundly change our roles and sense of self through an abrupt resocialization process.

Question 11

Plastic sexuality

Answer 11

Sexuality that is shaped by individual preferences and social norms.

Question 12

Institutional lag

Answer 12

The delay in the development or adaptation of societal rules, laws, and institutions in response to rapid changes in families and society as a whole.

Question 13

Skip-generation families

Answer 13

A family where grandparents raise grandchildren without the parents present

Question 14

Blended families

Answer 14

A family formed when two people come together and combine their children from previous relationships

Question 15

Intergenerational transmission of (dis)advantage

Answer 15

Occurs when family capital is passed from older to younger generations