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Final Exam 3 Flashcards

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polygamy

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marriage of 3 or more

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secularization

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decline in religiosity and the importance of the sacred

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cult

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organization that is largely outside a society’s cultural traditions

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rural rebound

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migration from urban to rural areas

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monogamy

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two partners

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structual functional view of family

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family has vital tasks,
socialization, regulation of sexual activity, social placement, material and emotional security.
society depends on families

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7
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homogamy

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marriage between people from similar sociological or educational backgrounds

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patrilocality

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married couple lives with or near husband’s family

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family of affinity

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people without legal or blood ties who feel they belong together and define themselves as a family

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sacred

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people set apart certain things as extraordinary or sacred

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What would happen to U.S population without immigration?

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the population would be on a steep decline

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12
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civil religion

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a phrase created by Bellah to describe how nationalism has become a belief system like religion

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crude death rate

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of deaths in a given year for every 1000 people in a population

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church

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organization that is integrated into larger society

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edge cities

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offices, malls, hotels, and entertainment complexes

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demograph

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study of human characteristic

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megalopis

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vast urban area containing # of cities and surrounding suburbs

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faith

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belief in things that you can’t prove or see

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gemeinschaft

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people closely tied by kinship & tradition

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durkheim’s mechanical solidarity

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the social integration of members of a society who have common values and beliefs

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structural functional view of religion

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social cohesion, social control, provides meaning and purpose

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cohabilitation

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sharing of a household by an unmarried couple

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religion

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social institution involving beliefs and practices based on a conception of the sacred

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endogamy

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marriage between people of the same social category

25
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why are birth rates high in may through october?

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everyone is indoors during winter, it gets darker outside earlier, people do it

26
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when was the pill introduced

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1960

27
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fecundity

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maximum possible reproduction

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mortality

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incidence of death in a country’s population

29
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liberation theology

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fusion of christian principles with political activism

30
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malthusion theory

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warning that population increase would lead to social chaos

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polygyny

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1 man and 2+ women

32
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when was interracial marriage legalized

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1967, Loving V. Virginia

33
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where does the world population rise the most?

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in poor nations

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patrilineal descent

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kinship through men (last name)

35
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family

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social institution found in all societies that unites people in cooperative groups to oversee bearing and raising of children

36
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polyandry

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1 woman and 2+ men

37
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social conflict view of family

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family perpetuates inequality,
property and inheritance, patriarchy, racial and ethnic inequality
family plays a role in social stratification

38
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sect

A

organization that stands apart from larger society

39
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durkheim’s organic solidarity

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social cohesion based upon the dependence individuals have on each other in more advanced societies

40
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gesellschaft

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people come together only on the basis of individual self-interest

41
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Why are divorce rates on the rise?

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rising individualism, subsiding romantic love, less female dependence, stressful marriages, social acceptibility

42
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blended family

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kids and some combination of biological parents and step parents

43
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symbolic analysis of religion

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socially constructed, people share distinction between sacred and profrane, humans confront uncertainty by turning to sacred symbols

44
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emigration

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leave one country to settle in another

45
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matrilocality

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married couple lives with or near wife’s family

46
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religiosity

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importance of religion in a person’s life

47
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exogamy

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marriage between people of different social categories

48
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immigration

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to enter in a country and settle

49
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durkheim and religion

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as human beings, we define most things as profane (not sacred)

50
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crude birth rate

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of live births in a given year for every 1000 people in a population

51
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demographic transition theory

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population patterns reflect a society’s industrial advancements

52
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social conflict view of religion

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religion serves ruling elites by legitimizing status quo and diverting people’s attention from social inequities

53
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migration

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movement of people into and out of a specified area

54
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urbanization

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concentration of humanity into cities

55
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infant mortality rate

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of deaths among infants under 1 per 1000 people in a population

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