Divorce,blended Families And Family Violence Flashcards
Problems families face
In popular tv shows happy families are being potrayed,with the father going to work the mother stays home with the children who behave perfectly.but in real life we have family problems like divorce,issues about abuse and violence,its not that the issues didnt exist but it was kept private and they wont show it on television
Divorce
Many socoiologists believe that the biggest reason for divorce rates declining is that people are waiting longer to get married to make sure its the right decision to make.
A common question that sociologists ask about the cause of divorce,a great deal of marital problem can be related to stress especiallu financial stress
Couples who have low income are said to likely divorce especially if they have much children
Researchers have found out that the best way to ensure a happy marriage is to ensure each person is financially and emotionallu stable in thier lives.
Step and blended families
Reserachers may also use the term blended families which is a stepfamily that may include introduction of a new child as part of the new renuion
Remarriages that include children from previous marriages may have to deal with child support or holiday complexities.
Children in blended families are in greater need for healthy social,emotional and finiancial boundaries to ensure a stable life.
Any child that may be formed from a marriage should be treated equally as the step child
Family violence
Abuse in a child can take many forms and may include emotional,physical or sexual abuse.
Studies shows that abuse has a major imapact on family as a whole.
Spouses who have encountered abuse will be a victim of eating disorders,alcoholism
Even children that face child abuse will be a victim of suicide,teenage pregnancy .
Family
A childs family is a central part of his or her development.family is much than just the people someone lives with,all development is a combination of genetics and environment Nuclear family Matrifocal families Extended families Blended families
Nuclear family
A family consisting of father,mother,snd children is considered as nuclear family
People belived that children that grew up with two parents were the happiest and well adjusted
But its about the family not what makes upthe family. A happy single parent family is better than a complete parent family that is abusive
Matrofical family
A family that consists of the mother and children is called matroficial family
Mateoficial families are more common than patroficial families because mothers mostly win custody of the children
Extended families
These are uncles aunties granparents
Extendee families can offer emotional support to the family
Blended families
Blender family is when a woman marries another man because of death of her former husband or divirce once she gives birth to her new child the former child is now in a blended family.
This involves step parents,step sisters
Types of social groups
Primary,secondary and refernce groups
A social group consists of two or more people who regularly interact and share a common identity
For example you can be a member of a sports team or church group
Primary groups
They are those that are close knit,small scale the relationships last long
Nuclear family is an example of primary groups
Also close friends can be am example of primary groups
Secondary groups
They can be small or large and mostly impersonal
This groups can be typically found in work and school
A classroom project is an example of secondary social group
Reference groups
These are groups that we look to for guidiance in order to evaluate our behaviuor
For example if you want be slim you will look up to a model,and act and dress like her
Instrumental and expressive leadership
Instrumental leadership focuses on achieving goals,doesnt have time for thier employees
Expressive leadership focuses on maintaining group cohesion,has time for thier employees
A good leader must be able to combine the two
Authoritarian decision making
There are theee basic styles of leadership
Authoritarian
Democratic
Laissez faire
Authoritarian make decisions on thier own with no input from members
Authoritarian leaders are often viewed as bossy
In democratic decision making the leader makes the final choice but he will consider whatvthe group members say
Laissez fair means to leave alone
Leaders leave the groups to make thier owm decision in laissez faire it is the least effective
Social conformity
Solomon asch did an experiment in 1951 to to study social conformity
Social conformity is a type of social influence that results in a change of behaviour or belief in order to fit a group
Under social conformity we have normative conformity it occurs because of the desire to be liked and accepted
It affects teens.
Standing ovation,fashion trends etc are example of normative conformity
Information conformity occurs because of a desire to be correct
Obedience
While normative conformity is a response to group,obedience is a response to authority
Stanley milgram in 1963 studied obedience in yale
He wanted to find out how people will hurt others because of the orders given by authority
Stanley concluded that people acted out of fear or to appear cooperative to obey some certain rules
Group think
This is when a grouo makes faulty decisions for the sake of reaching a consensus
An example of group think can be found in space shuttle challenge disaster which occurred in january 28 1986
Thiokol was against nasa launching a missle
Social loafing
This is when people exert less effort to achieve a goal in the group
Free rider effect is when people diminish thier effort because they believe it wont affect the final performance
Joseph pessin studied socialization facilitation
Social faciliation is the tendencey for our performance to be affected due to when other people are present.
Social groups
A dyad consists of two people,its considered the most basic
A triad consists of three people it is considered more stable,because the third member can act as a mediator
Any group that you identify or belong to is in your group
Anyone outside your group is out group
Ingroup favouritism is favouring members in your group
Outgroup derogation is tendency for people to feel threatened by an outgroup and also feel less worthy
Formal organization
This is a group that is deliberately formed to achieve a soecific goal
Families,ethnic groups,group of friends are not part of formal organization
Churches,schools are example of formal organization
Types of formal organization
Coercive,a prison is an example of coercive
Utilitarian,buisness and schools are example
Normative,churches and politicak parties are example,maintains control through moral commitment
Normative
George ritzer
George ritzer googled about mcdonalds in his best selling book
He said mcdonald has come to influence almost all aspect of the society
George ritzer was the author of the most influential sociology books of all
time he called it mcdonaldization
The theory that mcdonald was taking over is based on max webers concept of rationalization,replacing old and traditional ways with a more efficient way
George ritzer user mcdonalds as a metaphor it consists of four
Presictability
Calculability
Efficiency and control
Deviance
Devinace in sociology is deviating from the norms there are positive and negative
There are also three ways to look at deviance from a sociologists perspective
Structural functional how deviance is necessary
Symbolic interaction how people define deviance in thier everyday sitautions
Social conflict, it links deviance to social inequality
Strain theory
This is the strain between cultures emohasis on wealth and the limited opportunity to get rich arises
Especially among the poor to steal do drugs just for money
Labeling thoery it states that deviance and conformity are not results of what we necessarily do but to how othere respond to what we do
Socail conflict
Aging
Life expectancy is the age in which people are predicted to die
Factors for the graying of america
Lower birth rate
Lower death rate
Increased life expectancy
Ageism is discrimination against old people
Social isolation is common amongst the elderly
Challenges of aging
Retirement
Ageism
Social isolation,elder abuse
