SOCL 211 FINALS Flashcards
TRUE/FALSE:
The United States has the highest teenage pregnancy of any developed country in the world.
True
Most children live with
two parents
examples of diversity in families around the world
monogamy only legal form, permit pologamy, vary in narms and policies regarding same-sex marriage and family
patterns, trends, and variations in u.s. families
increased singlehood and older age marriage, + interracial relationships, delayed childbearing, increased births to unmarried women, stable divorce rate, blended families
How the 3 main sociological theories view family problems
Structural functionalism - as a social institution that performs important functions for society. ESSENTIAL FOR SOCIETY FUNCTIONING
Conflict theory -capatilism, social class, and power influence families. POWERFUL + WEALTH SHAPE SOCIAL PROBLEMS AND POLICIES
Symbolic interactionist - family interactions affect self-concept. LABELS & MEANINGS
what is maritial decline perspective
modernization in american families that signify collapse of marriage and family
what is maritial resiliency perspective
divorce indicates people value mairrage for symbolic value
factors that effect acces to contraception and abortion
- Lack of sex education
- U.S. highest teen pregnancy rate
- cost
- TRAP laws restrict access to abortion
- most believe abortion should be legal
- U.S. 50/50 pro-life and pro-choice
social causes of divorce
Social causes of divorce include
(1)the changing function of marriage,
(2)increased economic autonomy of women,
(3)greater work demands and economic stress,
(4)inequality in marital division of labor,
(5)no-fault divorce laws,
(6)increased individualism,
(7)intergenerational patterns, and
(8)longer life expectancy.
effects of divorce on children
- lower scores/ academic success
- high levels of agressiveness
- high levels of depression
- conflict marriages, divorce reduces these effects*
4 types of partner violence
- situational - occasional violence from arguments
- coercive
- violence from wishing to contol a partner - violent resistance - self-defense
- speration-instigated - atypical violence during seperation process
why do some stay in abusive relationships
economic dependency, emotional attachment, commitment, guilt, fear, hope, etc.
most common form of child abuse
- neglect
- deadly - abusive head trauma aka shaken baby syndrome
factors of domestic violence and abuse
- individual, relationship, and fam factors
- gender equaltiy
- acceptance of coporal punishment
strategies to strengthen families
- expand defenition of family
- workplace and economic support
- improve sex education and access to contraception
- divorce mediation and education programs
- domestic violence and abuse prevention
what is globalization
increast economic, cultural, and tech interdependence
- climate change universal
- some impace only the nation they occur in
causes of political partisanship in the U.S.
political extemist, increased racial, religious, and ethnic diversity, increase division between social classes, and disinformation campaigns
what is a social problem
both objective and subjective condition that a sefment of society is harmful and in need of a remedy.
Objective - exestience of a social condition
Subjective - belief that a social problem is harmful to a certain segmant or group of society
what is meant by the structure of society
way society is organized
components of the structure of society
social groups, statuses, roles
what is meant by the culture of society
meanings and way of life
components of the culture of society
beliefs (what is assumed to be true), values (good and bad), norms (rules of behavior), and symbols
what is social imagination
concept by C.Wright Mills (1959). ability to see connections b/n our lives and the social world. we can distinguish private troubles from public issues
difference b/n the 3 sociological perspectives
structural funtionalism
- interconnected parts work together inharmony
conflic perpective
- different groups and interests competing for power
symbolic interationism
- human behavior influenced by labels and meanings created and maintained through interacting with others
4 stages of research study
- question
- review literature
- define variables
- hypotheses
how research methods differ
experiments - manipulate indp. variable to show effets on dep. variable
survey
- info from respondents to study social behavior naturally
secondary data
- data already collected
what is a social movement
organized group of ppl with common goal to promote or resist social change
