Chapter 2 Flashcards
Polygamy
1 person; multiple spouse
Polyandry
1 wife; multiple husbands
Polygyny
1 husband; multiple wives
Modern Family
Male bread winner, wife, and children
Democratic Family
Two people marrying for the consideration of nurture and providing
Companionate Family
Two people marrying out of love
Post Modern Family
Marriage out of love, nurture, and providing
D.I.N.K
Dual Income No Kids
Commodities
Measure it - Keep it - Save it - Waste it
Organic Foods
The way farmers grow and process agricultural products.
Differences in fertilization, insecticide, and pesticides
Monetary Benefits
Legal System: a procedure or process for interpreting and enforcing the law.
Life insurance: a contract between an insurance policy holder and an insurer or assurer, where the insurer promises to pay a designated beneficiary a sum of money upon the death of an insured person.
FMLA: Family And Medical Leave Act; certain employers, including the State of Maryland, to grant job- protected leave to employees
Social security benefit: payments made to qualified retired adults and people with disabilities, and to their spouses, children, and survivors.
IRS: Internal Revenue Service; responsible for collecting taxes and administering the Internal Revenue Code, the main body of the federal statutory tax law.
SNAP: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; assistance to more low-income households during an economic downturn or recession and to fewer households during an economic expansion, serving as an automatic stabilizer to the economy.
Cohabition
Having sexual relations and living together without being wed.
Types of marriages
Interracial: two people; different race
Interethnic: two people; different ethnicity
Interfaith: two people; different religion
Intrafaith: two people; different take on same religion
Four functions: Juliet Mitchells Theory
Production
Reproduction
Socialization
Sexuality
Three basic functions of a family
Raise children responsibly
Provide economic support
Gives family members emotional security
Responsibilities of Family
Reproduction
Meeting basic economic needs
When did home economics and domestic science starts in schools?
1899 & 1909
Morill Act - Land Grant Bill
States provide cash for the development
Ag programs
For the working class
Home and business management
Era 1: 1900s-1930s the study and brace the idea that units, whether family or company, operate within a greater system, impacting and being impacted by that system. Both fields focused on the value of application in there emerging sciences through stimulated learning opportunities, and both factors work continuing to establish there relevance to the society in general.
Era 2: 1940s-1950s The study of home economics came into direct alignment with the field of business management. During this time new household equipment was tested, improved, and incorporated into the vision of the modern home. Efficiency of completing household tasks, saving wasted steps and movements in the process, and simplifying and standardized work units became key research and application projects.
Era 3: 1950s-1960s Because of the womens movement having their roles changes and males questioning as well… work performance within the home, and more energy was devoted to understanding the family unit and its interaction with the greater social structure. This model lead to changes in the field of business management.
Era 4: 1970s-1980s During these two decades the home economics programs were it serious risk for being eliminated in schools. The realm of business management during this time was developing into two distinctive camps: protecting and empowering employees. Quality control, and especially quality circles, became popular management techniques.
