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Exam 1 Flashcards

1
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Geneaology

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study of ancestry and family history

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2
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How many definitions are there for family

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there are many definitions

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Family

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group of related people bound by connections that are biological, legal, and emotional

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Personal Family

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people who you feel related to and who we expect to define us as members of their own family

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What does personal family include

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encompasses the idea of a blended family and changes in personal perception of family

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Household

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group of people that lives and eats separately from other groups

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Legal Family

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group related by birth, marriage, or adoption

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what does legal definition carries

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it carries rights and responsibilities for distribution of resources
- most contested by marriage

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Family as an Institutional Arena

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social space in which relationships between people in common positions are governened by accepted rules of interactions

  • people occupy certain positions within an arena
  • usually formal and informal rules of interactions: rules will change overtime
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Family arena

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people practice intimacy, childbearing, and socialization: includes obligations and privileages

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State Arena

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political means is legally regulated, violence is controlled: established laws and policies

  • determines who can and can’t get married
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Market Arena

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labor for pay, economic change, and wealth accumulation take place: employment, education, and childcare

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Census

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periodic count of people in population and their characteristics

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14
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How often is a census used?

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Every 10 years

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15
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How is a census counted

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uses the family definition, BUT lives in ONE HOUSEHOLD

  • helps with distribution of resources
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Consensus Perspective

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perspective that projects an image of society as a collective expression of shared norms

  • got to have roles for society to work
17
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What 2 words does consensus perspective create

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Consent and harmony form basis of society, order in life, and change

18
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What is structural functionalism

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dominant sociological consensus theory

  • good reason for things to be the way they are
19
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One type of structural functionalism where there is an employed father, non working mom and kids

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breadwinner

20
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characteristics of breadwinner

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  • dominant in the 1950s
  • roles of husband and wife were complementary and in harmony
  • maintaining balance of roles was thought as safeguard of the institution of family

husband: instrumental role
wife: expressive role

21
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one type of view of opposition and conflict

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conflict perspective

22
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Characteristics of conflict perspective

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  • criticized consensus perspective
  • criticized status quo: barking on inequalities
  • reaction to structural functionalism: change instead of stability
  • maintains conflict over differences can create positive change– changes don’t threaten stability
23
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Example of contemporary theory that falls under conflict perspective that reduces inequality between men and women

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Feminist theory

24
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socialization

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people internalize elements of social structure in own personalities

  • teach boys to open doors for girls
25
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what does feminism believe about gender socialization

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family arena is where gender roles are learned

family is only one site of gender socialization and inequality

family structure is socially constructed

26
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exchange theory

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individuals with different resources and strengths enter into mutual relationships to maximize own gains

27
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importance of exchange theory

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individs cannot provide for all of own needs so they must exchange with others

if rewarding to both: both will continue and either can leave if rewards are bad

hated on bc resources of men and women are equal

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symbolic interaction

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ability for humans to see themselves through the eyes of others and to enact social roles based on expectations

social roles are much like symbols, and actions form basis for understanding

sense of self and identity is formed through our actions and reactions we receive from others

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Modernity Theory 18th century to present

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emergence of individual as actor in society and how individuality changed personal and institutional relations

  • first time: personal taste and choice are expected
30
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first period of modernity theory

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gradual change: divorce, fewer kids, and more choice

  • maintained concept of normal family and family diversity existed but it was not cool
  • until the 1960s
31
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second period of modernity theory

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diversity and individual is normal

  • up to individual to pick family style and stay with it
  • 1970s to present
32
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family wage

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amount necessary for male earner to provide money so woman and children do not have to work

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demographic perspective

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study of how family behavior and household structures contribute to larger population processes

  • focus on birth, death, and migration: mostly on childbirth
  • looks for patterns and what is normal
34
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life course perspective

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study of family trajectories of individual and groups as they progress through lives

one goal: place family events in historical context

EX: family trajectories after 9/11 and all the babies born in COVID 19

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Cohort

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group of people who experience an event together at same point in time

  • helps put life events in historical context, and then compare correlation of historical events with family progress
36
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difficulties in studying families

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  1. to understand the core facts requires knowledge of context in which those facts occur
  2. there can be many problems in telling the difference between correlation and cause: many things are correlated but not the cause of something
  3. Possibility of bias

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