Psych/Soci PR C. 4

Question 1

What is kinship and who is included?

Answer 1

Kin do not have to live together. Kin are considered a cultural group rather than biological one.
Types of kin
- consanguineal (biological)
- Affinal (marriage)
- Fictive - social ties that are not biological or affinal (adopted children)
Degrees of kinship
- first degree; first degree family members (mother)
- second degree (mothers brother; uncle)
- third degree: secondary kin of first degree family members (mothers uncle)

Question 2

What is an egalitarian family?

Answer 2

Where spouses are treated as equals

Question 3

Hidden curriculum?

Answer 3

Often conflict with the manifest curriculum

Question 4

What is educational segregation?

Answer 4

Level of education opportunities is proportional to family income class, this leads to widening disparity between children from different income neighborhoods.

Question 5

What is ecclesia? (Religion)

Answer 5

A dominant religious organization that includes most members of society. Recognized as the national or official religion.it is often integrated into political institutions. Example: Islam, is the official religion of Iran.

Question 6

What is a sect?

Answer 6

A religious organization that is distinct from the larger society.

Question 7

What is Secularization?

Answer 7

Secularization is the process through which religion loses its social significance in modern societies.

Question 8

What is fundamentalism? (Fundamentalists)

Answer 8

Response to modern society where there is a strong attachment to traditional religious beliefs and practices, with a strict adherence to religious doctrines (from literal interpretations to text)

Question 9

Religiosity?

Answer 9

Extent of religion in a person’s life

Question 10

What is rational legal authority and what is an example?

Answer 10

Legal rules and regulations are stipulated in a document (US Constitution)

Question 11

Traditional authority?

Answer 11

Governments derive power from customs, traditions or accepted practices.

Question 12

What are aristocracies?

Answer 12

Rule by elite citizens, selected based on specific qualifications. Public is not involved

Question 13

What is an Autocratic government?

Answer 13

Those ruled by a single person (or small group) with absolute decision making power.
Examples:
Dictatorships
Monarchs

Question 14

Characteristics of an authoritarian government and examples.

Answer 14

Characteristics - unelected leaders, public may have some freedoms but no control over representations.

Question 15

Traditional economies

Answer 15

Consider social customs in economic decisions (most common in rural areas or where trading and bartering is common)

Question 16

Welfare capitalism

Answer 16

Is a state where most of the economy is private with the exception of extensive social welfare programs to serve certain needs within society (most western European countries) pg 75 PR reference

Question 17

Sick role (Responsibilities)

Answer 17

When a person is sick they are not able to be a contributing member of society
In order for this to be socially acceptable the person must do 2 things;
1. Seek medical care
2. Make a sincere attempt to get better