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Family
Two or more individuals who identify themselves as being
related to one another, usually by blood, marriage, or adoption, and
who share intimate relationships and dependency
Marriage
A culturally approved relationship, usually between two
individuals, that provides a degree of economic cooperation,
emotional intimacy, and sexual activity.
Nuclear
Families characterized by parents living with their
biological children and apart from other kin.
Talcott Parsons
describes males and females as
complementary to maintain the family and be the
primary socialization of individuals i.e. instilling of social
norms.
George Murdock
studied 200 societies and concluded
four functions.
Stable satisfaction of the sex drive
within monogamous
relationships
The biological reproduction of the next generation
without
which society cannot continue.
Socialization of the young
teaching basic norms and values
Meeting its members economic needs
producing food and
shelter for example.”
Sexual division of labor in modern societies
The
phenomenon of dividing production functions by gender and
designating different spheres of activity, the “private” to women
and the “public” to men.
Theism
a belief in one or more supernatural
deities
Religion
A system of common beliefs and
rituals centered on “sacred things” that
unites believers and provides a sense of
meaning and purpose
Durkheim beliefs on religion
Divided world into two parts:
Profane: Sphere of routine, everyday life
Sacred: That which is set apart from the ordinary, the
sphere that is endowed with spiritual meaning
Karl Marx’s beliefs on religion
Believed Religion Reinforced Class inequality
Church
well-established religious organization
that exists in a fairly harmonious relationship
with larger society
Sect
religious organization that has splintered
off from an established church in an effort to
restore perceived “true” beliefs and practices
believed to have been lost by the established
religious organization
New religious movement
new religious
groups or communities that occupy a
peripheral place in a country’s dominant
landscape.
Cult
a religious organization that is thoroughly
unconventional with regard to the larger
society.
Secularization
The rise of worldly thinking, particularly as seen in the rise of science,
technology, and rational thought, and a simultaneous decline in the influence of religion
5 major religions
*Christianity
* Islam
* Hinduism
* Buddhism
* Judaism
Education
the transmission of society’s norms, values, and knowledge base by means of direct instruction.
Formal education
education that occurs within academic institutions.
Mass education
the extension of formal schools to wide segments of the population.
Public education
universal education system provided by the government by tax revenues rather than student fees