F.I.C Exam Review Flashcards

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anticipatory socialization

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allows people to learn and practice role and appropriate behaviour before actually taking on a new role

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the practice or custom of having more than one wife or husband at the same time

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undergoing this process again by drastically changing one’s values and beliefs.

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A polygamy in which a woman has more than one husband

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most common and accepted form of polygamy, entailing the marriage of a man with several women

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a married person’s right to occupy the dwelling place owned in the name of the spouse

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money paid by groom or his family

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a transfer of parental property, gifts or money at the marriage of a daughter

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wealthy, aristocratic family

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– shared lifestyle; therefore choosing a partner who has similar goals and the financial means to afford a shared status

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* Egoistic reflects a prolonged sense of not belonging; lack of social integration * Altruistic is characterized by a sense of being overwhelmed by a group’s goals and beliefs * Anomic reflects an individual’s moral confusion and lack of social direction, which is related to dramatic social and economic upheaval * Fatalistic occurs when a person is excessively regulated, and so oppressed that they would rather die than live on

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Disruptive/Conflictual Family Conditions – physical, psychological, sexual abuse, neglect or abandonment – a 1992 study found that 75% report some form of abuse Residential Instability – foster care to homelessness * Approximately 50 000 young Canadians run away from home each year; 90% return within 60 days; 10% become homeless Financial Crisis – leave home, cannot do it on their own and are unable or unwilling to return home for various reasons

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especially challenging for new Canadians who are faced with re-socialization and conflicting cultures most influential change in gender roles is women entering the workplace; returning even after they have children

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* Basic family consiting of a Father, Mother, and one Child * Having a elder son and youngr daugtther would make them the gold family

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* The social Homogamy Theory is seen from a sociologist's standpoint in that marriage and mating with a person of a similar socioeconomic statute, ethnicity, race, age, education level, or religion.

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* Sexual attraction is the attraction an individual feels that causes them to desire sexual contact with another person. Several important factors influence sexual attraction, from biological and psychological aspects to emotional beliefs.

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* people devloped retionship by applying a series of filtters * social demogprhicy attitudes complementarity * i.e The Bachor

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the greater the physical (or psychological) proximity between people, the greater the chance that they will form friendships or romantic relationships.

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* Psychologist Robert Sternberg has come up with a theory that explains love in two-way relationships. * The Triangular Love Theory represents the three components to a relationship, which are intimacy, commitment, and passion, as the vertices of a triangle. * The theory states that a relationship that only has one element is less likely to survive than a relationship that has all of the points on the triangle. * There are different stages and types of love that can be explained as different combinations of these three elements. * For example, fatuous love is a type of love motivated largely by passion and commitment, without the stabilizing influence of intimacy.

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* is attraction based on a person’s unconscious image of the ideal mate formed by pleasant and negative experiences * People have a mental image of an ideal mate based on appearance, character, or other traits * i.e how to build a boyfriend

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* Natural selection theory can be defined as the process through which populations of living things adapt and change. * People that possess qualities, or adapted traits, are more likely to live and procreate. * The adaptable qualities are subsequently passed on to the next generation by these people. * These beneficial characteristics spread across the population over time. * Favorable features are passed down across generations as a result of natural selection.

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* 60% of young Canadians live together in their first conjugal relationship * most people feel that cohabitation is “acceptable as insurance that marriage will last” and less acceptable if the couple “do not want to make a lasting commitment”

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* the gen after X * the first to grow up with techology *

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* an account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms

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* occurs when male experience is treated as the norm, whereas female realities are not considered or are relegated to the abnormal.

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a reliance on formal qualifications or certifications to determine whether someone is permitted to undertake a task, speak as an expert or work in a certain field

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When a step parent and/or child mixes with another family

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* A grandparent(s), aunt, or uncle live with an oringial family

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marriage between people from different sociological or educational backgrounds.

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the act of annulling something.

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husbands and wives are equally committed to their jobs and to their families and share equally in both wage-earning and family responsibilities.

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* is a process of seeking resource exchange * This theory emphasizes that when making mate decisions, individuals are attracted to people who have the resources that they require.

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a concept based on the notion that a relationship between two people is created through a process of cost-benefit analysis.

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* view development as progress from simple to more complex understandings of the self and the world over time. Progress may be continuous in nature, or occurring in stages, but the momentum is most always forward toward greater, more complex understandings.

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1. Physical maintenance and care of group members 2. Addition of new membersthrough procreation or adoption 3. Socialization of children 4. Social control of members 5. Production, consumption, distribution of goods and services 6. Affective nurturance – love

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* A society must maintain a stable population to survive. Families provide physical care for their members, including the adults, their children, and the dependent elderly members. * When families are unable to care for their members, hardship will result unless the society is organized to replace the family in this function. * Families socialize children by teaching them the skills, knowledge, values and attitudes of their society. * Families are responsible for controlling the behaviour of their members to maintain order within the family and within the society which they live. * This social control contributes to the socialization process and protects the reputation of all individuals identified with the family group within the society. The commitment to the family may be based on spiritual sense of duty, or economic necessity. * Participation in appropriate social roles contributes to the health of the society as well as providing the means with which families care for their members. * Families perform economic function of producing and consuming goods and services.

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* Beginning Stage * Expanding * Developing * Lanching * Middle Age/ Empty Nest * Retirement

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Separation of assets, Determining the future of any children affected by the divorce, and. Finalizing the legal status of the divorcees.

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marriage between people from different ethnic, religious, or social groups.

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unexpected life events which are not always disastrous such as caring for a disabled or elderly family member, winning a lottery or accidental death, sudden loss of income, being taken hostage, murder, assault, incest etc

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They may result from midlife career changes, getting married, becoming a parent, divorce, the onset of chronic or terminal illness, or changing schools

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development in adulthood occurs not in predictable stages, but as individuals adjust in response to the interaction of both internal and external changes

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children learn by watching adult behavior.

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society exerted a powerful force on individuals

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* people could change their life structure at any time. * He believed that they are similarities in life courses because people change in response of similar circumstances and stresses that affect their lives.

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romantic love can be broken down into three categories: lust, attraction, and attachment.

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many people in crisis needed short-term solutions rather than long-term Freudian analysis.

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n relationship seeking, mutual selection happens between two individuals in distinct stages.

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the world economic system is divided into ahierarchy of three types of countries: core, semiperipheral, and peripheral

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describes the ego as a process, rather than a thing; it is the frame of reference (or lens) one uses to construct and interpret one's world.