Families

Question 1

Institutions

Answer 1

a complex collection of interdependent roles and relationships that combine to perform an important social function

Question 2

examples of institutions

Answer 2

family, education, work, government, religion,etc

Question 3

social reproduction

Answer 3

institutions tend to reproduce themselves over time and transmit inequalities across generations

Question 4

reproduction

Answer 4

occurs through the transfer of unequally distributed materials and symbolic resources

Question 5

institutions and social change

Answer 5

institutions are unquestioned paths formed by repeated interactions. change requires a critical mass of people embracing identities attitudes or practices formerly seen as deviant and using them to build new institutions

Question 6

The family as an institution

Answer 6

family structure varies widely across time and place. formerly nuclear family has been declining for decades

Question 7

domestic violence

Answer 7

family is not always a functional institution. sibling on sibling most common

Question 8

elder abuse

Answer 8

verbal, physical or financial

Question 9

the family and social reproduction

Answer 9

the role of social location in shaping socialization within family structures. families with different class positions are likely to have different cultural beliefs and practices about child bearing

Question 10

concerted cultivation

Answer 10

parents actively help develop the child’s opinion, skills. multiple structured leisure activities organized by adults. communication through reasoning and negotiation. parents intervene at schools on behalf of the child, train the child to do the same. child feels entitled

Question 11

accomplishment of natural growth

Answer 11

parents cares for child and allows them to grow. unsupervised hangout with kin. communication through directives, not much questioning. conflict between parents and school feelings of frustrations and dependence. child feels constrained