Sociology Test 1 Family Matters

Question 1

ANTHROPOLOGY

Answer 1

The study of human behaviour in societies, OR the study of culture

Question 2

PSYCHOLOGY

Answer 2

Is the study of individuals based on mental processes (Study of the mind)

Question 3

SOCIOLOGY

Answer 3

Is the study of the behaviour of individuals in social groups

Question 4

Hunter Gatherer

Answer 4

Men were responsible for hunting (HUNTER) and women were responsible for gathering (GATHERER) fruits, nuts, grains, herbs and small prey.
-Men would help support their children so couples often married in stable hunter-gatherer groups.
- IN THIS ERA: new social roles emerged like “father” and the “couple”

Question 5

Agricultural

Answer 5

-Agricultural communities were formed once people settled on the land and did not have to search for food daily. (Domesticated crops and animals)
-Increase in food production caused an increase in manual labour
-Monogamy was popular

Question 6

Pre-Industrial

Answer 6

-(Europe) due to an increase in agriculture, towns and cities were created (Over 1000 years)
-Cottage industry was common; A Family where the father worked at home and the wife and children helped.

Question 7

Urban-Industrial

Answer 7

The size of the family was smaller due to a decline in births
People only got married when they could afford household = later marriages
Men were the money-earners who worked to provide for their wives and children
Men were the kink to society and women were still seen as nurturers, not seen as “complete” until they had children

Question 8

Contemporary

Answer 8

The desire to purchase more things and live comfortably led families to realize that living on one income was not enough. By the ’60-’70s women started working outside of the home to support their families
They no longer needed financial support from males = the status of women changed Women’s movement put pressure on gov. to change unfair laws that restricted them Including the divorce act and the introduction of the birth control pill

Question 9

6 Functions of the Family

Answer 9

-Physical maintenance of group
-Procreation or adoption
-Social control of members
-Nurturance and love
-Socialization of children
-Production, consumption and distribution of goods and services

Question 10

Transitional Family

Answer 10

Mom temporarily leaves work to tend to her children

Question 11

Dual Income Family

Answer 11

Both spouses work full time

Question 12

Nuclear Family (the NORM in Canada and most parts of the world)

Answer 12

Mother and father with children
The relationship of the couple is more important than relationships with parents and relatives

Question 13

Consumer Family

Answer 13

A family where the husband was the exclusive provider and the head of household, while the wife was then the homemaker. Products were manufactured and catered specifically to women to create a comfortable home for the family

Question 14

Orientation Family

Answer 14

A family that you are born into (mom,dad,siblings)

Question 15

Procreation Family

Answer 15

A family that you make yourself (spouse, kids)

Question 16

Affective Nurturance

Answer 16

When a family meets the emotional needs of the individual. The family taught the individual about morality and that participating in society, in a sense, a duty

Question 17

Physical Nurturance

Answer 17

When a family shows physical affection to the individual.

Question 18

Endogamy

Answer 18

Marrying within the same community, clans, or tribes

Question 19

Exogamy

Answer 19

Marrying outside the community clan or tribes

Question 20

Mystique of Motherhood

Answer 20

an idealized view of motherhood that holds that women are uniquely suited to raise children (pushes the idea that a women’s ultimate goal in life, or achievement, is to have children)

Question 21

Arranged Marriage

Answer 21

marriages that take place through negotiations between sets of parents, or their agents

Question 22

Hordes

Answer 22

The first family grouping of humans

Question 23

Matrilocal

Answer 23

When a family or kinship group is located near the wife’s family

Question 24

Patrilocal

Answer 24

When a family or kinship group is located near the husband’s family

Question 25

Polygamy

Answer 25

the practice of a man having more than one wife

Question 26

Monogamy

Answer 26

Having one spouse at a time

Question 27

Functional Requisites

Answer 27

Basic function that must be carried out for societies to survive and thrive

Question 28

Dowry

Answer 28

The payment, in the form of money, land or household items, given to a groom by the bride’s family so he could establish a home for his new family

Question 29

Clans

Answer 29

Families consisting of many related extended family members

Question 30

Consanguinity

Answer 30

of the same blood or origin; descended from the same ancestor

Question 31

Age of Innocence

Answer 31

compulsory school to age 14 led to the age of innocence for children