Final Exam 3 Flashcards
polygamy
marriage of 3 or more
secularization
decline in religiosity and the importance of the sacred
cult
organization that is largely outside a society’s cultural traditions
rural rebound
migration from urban to rural areas
monogamy
two partners
structual functional view of family
family has vital tasks,
socialization, regulation of sexual activity, social placement, material and emotional security.
society depends on families
homogamy
marriage between people from similar sociological or educational backgrounds
patrilocality
married couple lives with or near husband’s family
family of affinity
people without legal or blood ties who feel they belong together and define themselves as a family
sacred
people set apart certain things as extraordinary or sacred
What would happen to U.S population without immigration?
the population would be on a steep decline
civil religion
a phrase created by Bellah to describe how nationalism has become a belief system like religion
crude death rate
of deaths in a given year for every 1000 people in a population
church
organization that is integrated into larger society
edge cities
offices, malls, hotels, and entertainment complexes
demograph
study of human characteristic
megalopis
vast urban area containing # of cities and surrounding suburbs
faith
belief in things that you can’t prove or see
gemeinschaft
people closely tied by kinship & tradition
durkheim’s mechanical solidarity
the social integration of members of a society who have common values and beliefs
structural functional view of religion
social cohesion, social control, provides meaning and purpose
cohabilitation
sharing of a household by an unmarried couple
religion
social institution involving beliefs and practices based on a conception of the sacred
endogamy
marriage between people of the same social category
why are birth rates high in may through october?
everyone is indoors during winter, it gets darker outside earlier, people do it
when was the pill introduced
1960
fecundity
maximum possible reproduction
mortality
incidence of death in a country’s population
liberation theology
fusion of christian principles with political activism
malthusion theory
warning that population increase would lead to social chaos
polygyny
1 man and 2+ women
when was interracial marriage legalized
1967, Loving V. Virginia
where does the world population rise the most?
in poor nations
patrilineal descent
kinship through men (last name)
family
social institution found in all societies that unites people in cooperative groups to oversee bearing and raising of children
polyandry
1 woman and 2+ men
social conflict view of family
family perpetuates inequality,
property and inheritance, patriarchy, racial and ethnic inequality
family plays a role in social stratification
sect
organization that stands apart from larger society
durkheim’s organic solidarity
social cohesion based upon the dependence individuals have on each other in more advanced societies
gesellschaft
people come together only on the basis of individual self-interest
Why are divorce rates on the rise?
rising individualism, subsiding romantic love, less female dependence, stressful marriages, social acceptibility
blended family
kids and some combination of biological parents and step parents
symbolic analysis of religion
socially constructed, people share distinction between sacred and profrane, humans confront uncertainty by turning to sacred symbols
emigration
leave one country to settle in another
matrilocality
married couple lives with or near wife’s family
religiosity
importance of religion in a person’s life
exogamy
marriage between people of different social categories
immigration
to enter in a country and settle
durkheim and religion
as human beings, we define most things as profane (not sacred)
crude birth rate
of live births in a given year for every 1000 people in a population
demographic transition theory
population patterns reflect a society’s industrial advancements
social conflict view of religion
religion serves ruling elites by legitimizing status quo and diverting people’s attention from social inequities
migration
movement of people into and out of a specified area
urbanization
concentration of humanity into cities
infant mortality rate
of deaths among infants under 1 per 1000 people in a population
