Test 1 Flashcards
What is Anthropology?
The broad study of humankind
What is psychology?
The study of behaviour based on mental processes
What is sociology?
The study of patterns of behaviours based on larger numbers or groups of people
What are the functions of a family?
Reproduction, physical care, teaching skills, controlling behaviour, maintaining morale, and producing and consuming goods
What’s the Vanier institute’s definition of family?
A married couple with children (if any), or one parent with children, the children can be biological or adopted
What is systems theory?
How people work in systems in society
What is structural Functionalism?
Organization of society is based on the consensus of what is functional
What is conflict theory?
It looks at how societies are held together by power
What is feminism?
It’s similar to conflict theory but it separates sex and gender
What is symbolic interactionism?
It looks at how individuals behave and how people present themselves to each other through shared symbols
What is social exchange?
When someone weighs the costs snd benefits of s relationship
What is developmental theory?
It examines factors that influence development, the behaviour of individuals or families at various stages
Who created developmental theory?
Erik Erikson
Who created social exchange?
George Homans
Who created structural functionalism?
Emile Durkheim
Who created systems theory?
Urie Bronfenbrenner
Who created feminism?
Mary Wollstonecraft
Who created symbolic interactionism?
Charles Cooley
What were the first family groupings?
Hordes
What were hunter-gatherer families?
They were driven by need for food and were made of blood and sexual relations
What were agricultural families?
Monogamous, larger families when gender roles began to emerge
What were pre-industrial families?
Early European settlers, skilled at hand making, women snd children were property
What were urban industrial families?
They were more based around factory production, living in cities and towns, and compulsory education, age of innocence
What were early-mid twentieth century families?
Age of consumer family, mystique of motherhood, children were expected to go to school
