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

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Family Member’s experiences along with outside social factors and policies significantly affect the quality of their relationships

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Ecological model

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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)

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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

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How family, school, church, etc. (things you are directly involved in) affect you.

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Microsystem

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Things close to you (City) that affects who you are and what you do.

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Exosystem

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things on a state level that consist of the fabrics of society in which policies are made and influenced

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Macrosystem

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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

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How does history where you are affect who you are and the relationships around you

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33
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Family Life Education

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Educating Families so that they won’t have problems

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Dealing with problems focus

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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

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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

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Promoting goals ranging from building on family strengths to developing healthy, fulfilling, and responsible interpersonal relationships

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Research

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To study thoroughly through the process of scholarly or scientific inquiry

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Social Science Research

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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

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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

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Uses statistical methods to count and measure outcomes from a study

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Qualitative Research

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Involves detailed verbal or handwritten descriptions of characteristics under investigation

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Variable

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A characteristic that is measured in a study

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Research Question

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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

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The statement of the research problem

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Literature Review

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An exhaustive search of existing research studies related to a particular topic of inquiry

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hypothesis

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A speculative statement about a variable or the relationship between variables in a study

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Hypotheses Testing

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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

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The process through which the researcher specifically denotes or indicates all of the concepts - or constructs- under investigation

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Construct

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A concept referring to intangibles in the inquiry

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Operational Definition

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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

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A structured questionnaire comprised go a list of questions

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Sample

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A group of people from which researchers can collect survey responses

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Response rate

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The percentage of the study subjects who respond to the survey

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Response bias

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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

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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

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Observation taking place in a natural setting

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Field Research

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Observation research taking place in a natural setting

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Case Study

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A study of either a single person or a small group of people

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Experimental Design

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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

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A group treated the same way as the Experimental group but they are not exposed to the independent variable

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Population

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the entire group of people who share a common experience or characteristic under academic examination

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Probability Sample

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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

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the degree to which the characteristics of the population are represented by the sample

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Sample Size

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the value of the sample. It affects the degree to which the sample is considered to be representative

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Green

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Conceptual

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Blue

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Compassionate

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Gold

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Conventional

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Orange

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Courageous

69
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DOMA

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Defense of Marriage Act - Each State can decide about same sex marriage. Changed in 2015

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Monica Lowinski

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Woman that Bill Clinton had an affair with in the Oval Office

71
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Were traditional families ever real?

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For the most part, no

72
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What Factors changed contemporary Familes?

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No Fault Divorce
Lower Birth Rates
Higher living costs

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River of Life

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Analogy for life; Discusses highs lows, marriage, kids, divorce, etc.

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Epistemology

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Ways of knowing things

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Validity

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Accuracy

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Reliability

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Consistency

77
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Story of friend with a gun at fair

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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

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Making a hypothesis after seeing the data

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Integrity

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What we do with data matters

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Harvard Mens study 1920

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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

81
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Don’t Hop on Pop

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Dr. Seuss Story that discusses the NUCLEAR FAMILY

82
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No Fault Divorce Law

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Law where people can get divorced for whatever reason they want to

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