Learning Outcome 1

Question 1

Structural functionalism

Answer 1

• social systems exist in harmony with one another. A change in one institution affects other institutions.
• elements in society have structure and function.
• gender divisions in the family is universal and probably inevitable.
• study of the family examines how family members fit together, given the purpose families have within a society.

Question 2

Symbolic Intersctionism

Answer 2

• Society is a product of face-to-face social interactions between people.
• understanding of the family enquires studying the symbols and meanings shared among members.
• people depend on the labels of their roles to guide them.

Question 3

Marxism

Answer 3

• Family is both an economic and social unit where material change shapes family.
• the family exists in relation to economic systems.
• the family is a way to ensure inheritance is passed down to the proper person, namely the rightful children.
• when capitalism is overthrown women’s oppression is assumed to end.

Question 4

Feminisms

Answer 4

• Men and women negotiate with the resources and power they have.
• women suffer more because they have fewer resources when they enter the family.
• women take responsibility at home because society needs their unpaid labour while men focus their efforts on paid work.

Question 5

Postmodern

Answer 5

• Family is a social creation and changes are expected.
• examination of family requires teasing apart the various components.
• family members are aware of, and reflect on, family change.

Question 6

Convergence

Answer 6

• changes in society are part of a universal progress that will result in a single worldwide culture of modernity.
• economic development requires specific kinds of families and family roles.

Question 7

Life course

Answer 7

• human development is lifelong.
• individuals construct their life courses.
• history shapes lives.
• timing of events matter.

Question 8

Nuclear family

Answer 8

A family consisting of a husband, wide and their children.

Question 9

Extended family

Answer 9

The nuclear family and all other relatives.

Question 10

Family of Orientation

Answer 10

A family we are born into

Question 11

Family of procreation

Answer 11

A family on which we raise our children

Question 12

Monogamy

Answer 12

Marriage to one person at a time

Question 13

Polygamy

Answer 13

Marriage of one person to more than one person of the opposite sex at the same time.

Question 14

Endogamy

Answer 14

Marriage within one’s social group

Question 15

Exogamy

Answer 15

Marriage outside a certain group

Question 16

Polygyn

Answer 16

A man has several wives at the same time.

Question 17

Polyandry (poly - multiple / Andry - men)

Answer 17

A woman has several husbands at the same time.

Question 18

Group marriage

Answer 18

Marriage of toe or more men or two or or more women.

Question 19

Patrilocal

Answer 19

Living with the husbands family

Question 20

Matrilocal

Answer 20

Living with the wife’s family

Question 21

Biolocal

Answer 21

Newlyweds living alternately between the husbands and wife’s families

Question 22

Neolocal

Answer 22

Newlyweds living apart fro, both the husbands and wife’s families.

Question 23

Patrilineal

Answer 23

Tracing descent through ones father

Question 24

Matrilineal

Answer 24

Tracing descent through ones mother

Question 25

Bilateral

Answer 25

Family lineage tracked through females and male sides equally

Question 26

Blended family

Answer 26

Remarriage resulting in step-parent and step-child relationships

Question 27

Household

Answer 27

A person or group of persons who occupy the same dwelling.

Question 28

Cohort

Answer 28

A part of the population who are roughly the same age or who have shared similar experiences.

Question 29

What is matchmaking?

Answer 29

Parents hire someone to find a suitable partner for their children.

Question 30

What is sexual scripts?

Answer 30

behaviours and attitudes regarding dating that vary by sex

Question 31

What does propinquity theory mean?

Answer 31

We are likely to find a partner with similar social characteristics since we are more likely to meet people with similar social characteristics in our daily lives.

Question 32

What is expressive exchange?

Answer 32

A couple exchange emotional or sexual benefits.

Question 33

What is exchange theory?

Answer 33

Individuals try to find a partner with a high level of several of the attributes they desire.

Question 34

What is instrumental exchange?

Answer 34

A couple exchange practical benefits

Question 35

What is a mixed union?

Answer 35

An individual marries someone from a visible minority.

Question 36

What is a mating gradient?

Answer 36

Men typically have higher social and financial status or more education than their female partners.

Question 37

CPP (Canadian Pension Plan)

Answer 37

pension benefits provided by the government of Canada to people who have been in the paid workforce

Question 38

OAS (Old age security)

Answer 38

pension benefits provided by the government of Canada to individuals regardless of whether they have been in the paid workforce or not

Question 39

LAT (Living apart together / Dong distant relationships)

Answer 39

living apart together relationships

Question 40

Cluttered

Answer 40

when adult children return to the family home or do not leave it

Question 41

common-law

Answer 41

people living together without being legally married

Question 42

cohabitation

Answer 42

a couple living in a sexual relationship without being legally married

Question 43

serial

Answer 43

when an individual marries more than one partner over their lifetime, but only one partner at a time