Chapter 1 Flashcards
(33 cards)
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What is genealogy?
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2
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What is the definition of family?
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3
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What is a personal family?
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4
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What is a legal family?
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5
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What is an institutional arena?
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6
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What is the family arena?
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7
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What is a census?
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8
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What is the state?
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9
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What is the market?
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10
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What’s the consensus perspective?
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11
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What is the conflict perspective?
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11
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What is the breadwinner homemaker family?
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12
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What is feminist theory?
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13
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What is socialization?
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14
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What is exchange theory?
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15
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What is symbolic interactionism?
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16
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What is modernity theory?
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17
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What is the demographic perspective?
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18
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What is life course perspective?
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19
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What is a cohort?
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20
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What is a bias?
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21
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What’s an example of a sample survey?
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22
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What’s an example of a longitudinal survey?
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23
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What are time use studies?
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What are social genomics?
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What are examples of personal and legal families and the family as an institution? How are they different from another?
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How has the US Census's definition of a family changed over time?
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How are structural functionalist and conflict theoretical perspectives different when it comes to understanding families? How do they explain the breadwinner homemaker family?
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What are three significant contributions of feminist theory to sociologists understanding of contemporary families?
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Why is exchange theory part of the consensus tradition of perspectives? How would an exchange theorist explain housework?
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According to modernity theorists what distinguishes first modernity from second modernity? What are the implications for relationships?
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What are some of the strategies sociologists use to avoid bias in their research?
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What are the advantages of surveys, in-depth interviews, and time use studies? Why would sociologists pick one method over another to study families?
