Exam 2 Flashcards
What is included in the filtering process of Mate Selection?
- Pool of eligibles 2. Propinquity filter 3. Attraction filter 4. Homogony filter 5. Compatability filter 6. Trial filter 7. decision filter 8. Marriage
What is the pool of eligibles?
Every other person in the world but yourself
What is the constraint of the pool of eligibles?
Sex ratio refers to the number of males for every 100 females in a particular population
A ____ sex ratio (more men than women) leads to higher marriage rates. A ____ sex ratio leads to lower marriage rates.
high, low
What is the propinquity filter?
Proximity, geography,. People we come into contact with (someone you can access)
What is the attraction filter?
Heavy evolutionary slant (desired traits are reproduced). Who we are attracted to.
Women are attracted to…
a good provider (status or reliability)
men are attracted to…
health and physical attractiveness
What is the Homogony filter?
We end up with people like ourselves.
What is endogamy?
social pressure to select someone from within your group (internalized expectation)
What is Exogamy?
you can accept anyone who is NOT in your group.
What is the compatibility filter?
How compatible are you? Temperament, values, needs, roles
What is the trial filter?
Co-habitation, engagement
What is the decision filter?
Is this it or not?
What was the CBC documentary Thoroughly Modern Marriage about?
Discussed marriage diversity (open marriage, divorce, living alone),
related by blood or marriage refers to
kin
related by blood refers to
Consanguineal (ie: sister)
The nuclear family is…
parents and children
Extended family is…
other generations
William Goode wrote:
World Revolution and Family Patterns
What was World Revolution and Family Patterns about…
How we move from advanced agricultural way of life to industrialism. Tracks how family changed, move from extended to nuclear.
What is the Convergence theory?
Extended family converges into nuclear form because extended family is ‘not needed anymore’
What did My Big Fat Greek Wedding trailer show?
Intergenerational change.
Who wrote Family and Civilization (1947)
Carle Zimmerman
What is a trustee family (Zimmerman)
the family of the Old Testament (Clan, tribe). Patriarch has the ultimate power- everything is taken care of within the family
What are domestic families? (Zimmerman)
Mid 20 C. NA- Dad works, mom stays home Balance between family and state = Authority to family.
What are atomistic families? (Zimmerman)
Current Family diminished authority; state strong.
What is the relationship between authority, family and state?
State is the formal system of public organization. When the state is strong the family is weak. And vice versa.
What was the Durkheim extension?
In the modern world, division of labor is not just labor of production but intimate labor (Sources of specialization)
What book was written by Emile Durkheim
The Division of Labour in Society.
What was Eric Dishman’s Take Health Care off the Main Frame about?
How families should deal with elderly. We should change and monitor behaviour.
What was Farewell Oak Street about
From living in a slum to a nice neighbourhood. Architectural fix to a socioeconomic problem, Doesn’t deal with the big problems.
What was meant by social inequality and stratification?
There’s hard work required to be middle class. Both poverty and prestige seem to be generally reproduced (you’re NOT born into it)
What is relative poverty?
if you are poor-relative to someone else (floating standard)
What is absolute poverty?
Either above or below the line. There’s an actual cut off/
What influences poverty in families?
Being poor isn’t reduced to one thing. Societal influences (economic cycles), Individual influences (education- correlated to socioeconomic status), Employability (soft skills, attitude)
What is meant by the working poor?
New CAD’s often work hard and still can’t make ends meet.
What marital effects come from poverty?
Stressor, hard on family. Poverty increases the problems.
What correlation is there between divorced mothers and poverty?
Increase financial distress, equals increased challenge to cope with adjustment.
What correlation between FN and New Cad’s is there with poverty?
Great risk of poverty because there was are more barriers.
Who was Max Weber?
He was interested in how we think and how our thoughts and ideas have social implications
Who was Jean Calvin?
He proposed: you’d know you were predestined to good if you see worldly success.
What book did Weber write?
The Protestant Work Ethic and the spirit of Capitalism
What did Weber mean by predestination?
Being rich is a symbol of virtue. God knows everything; therefore God knows where my soul goes
What was the result of seeing God’s favor through worldly success
This caused people to work hard to go to heaven, so they would WORK, SAVE, INVEST.
The Protestant work ethic led to..
Growth of capitalism in Britain and West
According to Weber/Calvin what did being poor mean?
You carried a moral stain, because you were poor
Who wrote: “The Wealth of Nations” in 1776?
Adam Smith
What was ‘The Wealth of Nations’ about?
essentially the bible of capitalism. Smith believed in selfishness to pursue self-interest.
What was the invisible hand?
The Invisible Hand of the maker raises the well-being of all.
What did Marx say of capitalism?
Capitalism is the ultimate evil
Famous marx quote?
“religion is the opiate of the masses” because it gives false hope and prevents people from making changes in the now.
What did Smith and Marx have in common?
Both saw religion as crucial to capitalism
What was Generation Jobless about?
There are not enough jobs for young people. Our economy is changing and people are graduating with huge debt and no job
