Sociology of Families

Question 1

Family

Answer 1

a group connected by blood, sexual relationship, or by the law

Question 2

Marriage

Answer 2

socially-sanctioned union that includes rights and responsibilities to each other, children, and larger society

Question 3

Adoption

Answer 3

parents voluntarily choose to have parent-child relationship with a child. not related by blood

Question 4

blended family

Answer 4

family with step-parent, step-sibling, half-sibling

Question 5

Matrilineal society

Answer 5

determine kinship, name, property, title through female line

Question 6

Patrilineal society

Answer 6

determine kinship, name, property, title through male line

Question 7

universal norm

Answer 7

norm that exists in virtually every society

Question 8

Incest taboo

Answer 8

prohibition against sexual relations between people who are related

Question 9

Longitudinal data

Answer 9

data gathered at different points in time

Question 10

Polygamy

Answer 10

having multiple spouses at one time

Question 11

Polygyny

Answer 11

one man has multiple wives

Question 12

Polyandry

Answer 12

one woman has multiple husbands

Question 13

nuclear family

Answer 13

married couple and their dependent children

Question 14

may-december relationship

Answer 14

large age gap between partners

Question 15

companionate affection

Answer 15

deep emotional engagement

Question 16

divorce

Answer 16

legally-recognized termination of a marriage

Question 17

No-fault divorce

Answer 17

neither spouse is required to prove the fault of the other

Question 18

gray divorce

Answer 18

divorce over the age of 50

Question 19

social integration

Answer 19

degree to which people in a community have more connections to one another

Question 20

double standard

Answer 20

women are judged more for the same sexual behavior

Question 21

cohabitation revolution

Answer 21

growth in the number of couples who live together instead of getting married

Question 22

cohabitation effect

Answer 22

couple who cohabit before marriage are more likely to divorce

Question 23

wedding industrial complex

Answer 23

merging of capitalist industries with social and cultural wedding rituals

Question 24

Consumer rites

Answer 24

elaborate older customs, business attempt to create new markets for their goods and services

Question 25

heteronormativity

Answer 25

assumption that heterosexuality is the normal and natural form of sexuality

Question 26

fertility rate

Answer 26

births per woman

Question 27

breadwinner-homemaker model

Answer 27

one partner (usually man) worked outside the home to earn money, the other stays at home

Question 28

dual-earner arrangement

Answer 28

both partners have wage-earning jobs outside of the home

Question 29

the second shift

Answer 29

extra amount of household work a woman does when returning home from a job

Question 30

Maternity leave

Answer 30

leave for women who have just given birth

Question 31

paternity leave

Answer 31

leave for new fathers

Question 32

parental leave

Answer 32

leave for both or either parents

Question 33

intimate-partner violence

Answer 33

physical, sexual violence, stalking by a current or former partner

Question 34

public health crisis

Answer 34

health-related problem that affects people over broad geographical areas

Question 35

socioeconomic disparities

Answer 35

inequality rooted in social and economic conditions (income, wealth, access to health care)

Question 36

missing middle

Answer 36

american politics focus on socioeconomic extremes, leaves out the middle class

Question 36

Entrenched inequality

Answer 36

inequality deeply ingrained in social, economic, and political institutions

Question 36

multi-generational households

Answer 36

multiple generations living under one roof

Question 36

deportation

Answer 36

non-citizen is forced to leave a country

Question 37

sandwich generations

Answer 37

people responsible for the care of their children and elderly parents