Exam 1 Flashcards

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Social Union

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A legal relationship between two people that provides legal protections to the couple at the state level

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Monogamy

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A two person form of marriage that involves the practice of having only one sexual partner

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Polygyny

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Marriage where a man has multiple wives at the same time

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Polyandry

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Marriage where a woman has multiple husbands

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Cenogamy

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Marriage between multiple men and women

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Family

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Two or more people related by birth marriage or adoption residing In the same unit

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Household

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All people who occupy a housing unit regardless of a relationship

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Family of Origin

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The family in which you were born or adopted into

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Family of Procreation

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The family unit that is formed when children are produced

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Diversity

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the broad spectrum of demographic and philosophical differences among a culture

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Nuclear Family

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A biological father, A biological mother and their biological or adopted children

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Family Values

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Society’s viewpoints that expect its members to adhere to perceived proper social roles and behaviors

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Single parent

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the parenting household where there is no spouse, usually resulting from divorce death of a spouse or unmarried parenthood

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child- free Families

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If a couple is unable to bear children of their own or adopt children. Some Families choose to remain child free as a deliberate choice

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Fertility Rates

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How Many children women bear

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Cohabiting

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Unmarried partners who live together in a single household

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Race

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A group of people who are distinguished from another group of people based on their skin color, ancestry, or genetics

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Multiracial

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Individuals who are a combination of races and ethnicities

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Fictive Kin

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Non related individuals who are considered family (friends, teachers, godparents, etc.)

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Immigrant

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People who are not born in the USA

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Native America / Alaska Native

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The aboriginal people of the United States and their descendants who maintain tribal affiliation or community attachment

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Social Identity

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How society defines itself in terms of individualist versus collectivist goals

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Collectivist Cultures

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Individuals define their identity in terms of the relationship they hold with others. The goals of the society are over the goals of the individual

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Individualistic Cultures

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Individual goals are promoted over societal goals

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Social Ecology
Family Member's experiences along with outside social factors and policies significantly affect the quality of their relationships
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Ecological model
Uri Brofenbrenner, a model that seeks to understand multiple influences that affect individual's families and development over their lifetime.
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Contexts (Ecological Model)
These are areas of individual and family development that play a role in the relationship between people and their environments. These environments surround a person from birth
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Mesosystem
How family, school, church, etc. (things you are directly involved in) affect you.
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Microsystem
Things close to you (City) that affects who you are and what you do.
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Exosystem
things on a state level that consist of the fabrics of society in which policies are made and influenced
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Macrosystem
How one's Country affects who they are. Recognizes that a society have a set of overarching cultural values and beliefs that affect individual development by establishing either implicit or explicit rules about that is or isn't acceptable
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Chronosystem
How does history where you are affect who you are and the relationships around you
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Family Life Education
Educating Families so that they won't have problems
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Dealing with problems focus
AS early 1960's a long list of social ills which impacted family life began to conceptualize and organize education for family living. this focus centers on specific issues of sexuality, gender roles, marriage etc
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Preventing the Problem focus
Families faced with radical societal changes need to be shown how to do the correct things. If families could be pointed in the right direction, then family ills would improve
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Developing Family Potentials focus
Promoting goals ranging from building on family strengths to developing healthy, fulfilling, and responsible interpersonal relationships
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Research
To study thoroughly through the process of scholarly or scientific inquiry
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Social Science Research
the examination of social and individual processes by engaging in and using methods beyond logic , common sense, intuition, or reason alone
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Scientific method
this is a process by which social science researchers formulate questions concerning social and individual phenomena and seek out answers
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Quantitative Research
Uses statistical methods to count and measure outcomes from a study
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Qualitative Research
Involves detailed verbal or handwritten descriptions of characteristics under investigation
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Variable
A characteristic that is measured in a study
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Research Question
takes into account a clear understanding of the problem to be addressed and a clear vision of the objective
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Research hypothesis
The statement of the research problem
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Literature Review
An exhaustive search of existing research studies related to a particular topic of inquiry
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hypothesis
A speculative statement about a variable or the relationship between variables in a study
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Hypotheses Testing
An integral part of the sequential research process taking place at a later point in the investigation. Lets a researcher either reject of fail to reject a hypothesis
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Conceptualization
The process through which the researcher specifically denotes or indicates all of the concepts - or constructs- under investigation
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Construct
A concept referring to intangibles in the inquiry
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Operational Definition
Done at the outset of the research, researchers create empirical or operational definitions that describe or characterize the constructs that are being studied
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Survey
A structured questionnaire comprised go a list of questions
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Sample
A group of people from which researchers can collect survey responses
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Response rate
The percentage of the study subjects who respond to the survey
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Response bias
Research is dependent upon human beings providing human responses to past and current experiences. Consequently, there is an inherent risk of over reporting or underreporting certain behaviors based on prior experiences
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Observational Research Method
This method uses observation but organizes data in a systematic process where 1) the observations are systematic and planned 2) data is gathered and recorded in a systematic format 3) systematic checks and balances assess the reliability and validity of the observations
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Field Research
Observation taking place in a natural setting
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Field Research
Observation research taking place in a natural setting
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Case Study
A study of either a single person or a small group of people
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Experimental Design
Determines casual relationships among variables. Researchers control or hold constant certain variables being studied in order to determine which variable is effecting the change in the other variable
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Control group
A group treated the same way as the Experimental group but they are not exposed to the independent variable
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Population
the entire group of people who share a common experience or characteristic under academic examination
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Probability Sample
Not every person in every population shares exact characteristics. In a probability sample, each person has the same likelihood of being selected for the study
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Representativeness
the degree to which the characteristics of the population are represented by the sample
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Sample Size
the value of the sample. It affects the degree to which the sample is considered to be representative
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Green
Conceptual
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Blue
Compassionate
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Gold
Conventional
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Orange
Courageous
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DOMA
Defense of Marriage Act - Each State can decide about same sex marriage. Changed in 2015
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Monica Lowinski
Woman that Bill Clinton had an affair with in the Oval Office
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Were traditional families ever real?
For the most part, no
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What Factors changed contemporary Familes?
No Fault Divorce Lower Birth Rates Higher living costs
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River of Life
Analogy for life; Discusses highs lows, marriage, kids, divorce, etc.
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Epistemology
Ways of knowing things
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Validity
Accuracy
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Reliability
Consistency
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Story of friend with a gun at fair
Had a friend who was in the military and they were at the fair. Friend was trying to find a reliable gun for a game, and when he found it, won every time, even though it was not accurate.
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Data churning
Making a hypothesis after seeing the data
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Integrity
What we do with data matters
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Harvard Mens study 1920
Group of men from Harvard were studied and a group not from Harvard were studied. This case Study has been going on with the families of these men since 1920
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Don't Hop on Pop
Dr. Seuss Story that discusses the NUCLEAR FAMILY
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No Fault Divorce Law
Law where people can get divorced for whatever reason they want to
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