Chapter 1

Question 0

What are the 4 discipline questions social scientists ask

Answer 0

What happens?
How does it happen?
Why does it happen?
How can it happen?

Question 1

What is a family

Answer 1

The basic social unit of all societies

Question 2

Macro?

Answer 2

Large scale (society)

Question 3

Micro

Answer 3

Small scale (individuals)

Question 4

Nuclear family ?

Answer 4

Traditional (mom dad biological kids)

Question 5

Extended family is

Answer 5

Uncles, aunts, children, parents, grandparents, etc

Question 6

Modified extended family is

Answer 6

Close relatives that support eachother

Question 7

Blended family is?

Answer 7

Second marriages/ families joining

Question 8

Common law marriage is

Answer 8

Long term without marriage certificate

Question 9

Communal family is

Answer 9

Group or nuclear or childless who live in common and support eachother

Question 10

What is a kin family?

Answer 10

People related by blood or marriage

Question 11

Exogamy is

Answer 11

Choice of partner must be from outside a defined group

Question 12

Endogamy is

Answer 12

Choice of partner from same group

Question 13

Monogamy

Answer 13

2 partners

Question 14

Polygamy

Answer 14

More than 2 partners

Question 15

Polygyny

Answer 15

One man married to two or more woman ( husband sharing)

Question 16

Polyandry

Answer 16

One woman with one of two men spouses

Question 17

Group marriage

Answer 17

Two or more men or two or more women

Question 18

Patrilineal

Answer 18

Descent only related to fathers relatives

Question 19

Matrilineal

Answer 19

Descent related to only mothers relatives

Question 20

Bilateral

Answer 20

Descent related to both mom and dads relatives

Question 21

Patrilocal

Answer 21

Lives with husbands parents

Question 22

Matrilocal

Answer 22

Lives with wife’s parents

Question 23

Neolocal

Answer 23

Couple lives alone

Question 24

Patriarchal

Answer 24

Male has power

Question 25

Matriarchal

Answer 25

Females have power

Question 26

Equalitarian

Answer 26

Equal power between couple

Question 27

Functionalism is

Answer 27

Oldest sociological theory

Functionalist a believe everyone has a ROLE

Question 28

Functionalism theorists

Answer 28

Emily Durkheim

Talcott parsons

Question 29

Systems theory is

Answer 29

How groups of individuals interact as a system

Main principle is feedback to maintain stability

Question 30

Difference between systems theory and functionalism

Answer 30

Systems theory explains behaviour of individuals as inseparable from group

Functionalism explains actions of individuals in groups

Question 31

Symbolic interactionalism

Answer 31

Theory attempts to identify how individuals act on their perceptions

Micro study

Behaviour based on mental process

Question 32

3 basic concepts of symbolic intersectionalism

Answer 32

Me and I
Role taking
Common language (middle finger)

Question 33

Theorist of social interactionalism is

Answer 33

Charlie’s Cooley

Question 34

Social exchange theory is

Answer 34

Rewards and costs to make decisions and explain human relationships

Question 35

Conflict theory is

Answer 35

Macro
Finds criticism in society rather than trying to explain society
Finds inequality in power “functional for whom?”

Question 36

Conflict theorist

Answer 36

Karl Marx

Question 37

Developmental theories

Answer 37

Micro study
Role expectations that challenge people to develope
Factors that influence development

Question 38

Developmental theorist

Answer 38

Erik erikson

Question 39

Origins of the family are (5)

Answer 39

The hunter gatherers
Agricultural families
Pre-industrial families
Urban industrial families 
Contemporary Canadian family