Test 1 Flashcards
Family
two or more people related by blood, marriage, or adoption that live together.
Marriage
When a man and a woman are in a relationship by paper
Family of origin
Family where you born
Sexual Harassment
When a person forces themselves onto another person in a sexual way
Blended Family
- When one of the spouses has been married before
Kin
People that are just like family but aren’t
Gender identity
- Knowing if the person is male or female
Patrilineal
- Tracked through fathers side
Heterosexism
Discriminating against homosexuals
Polygyny
more than one wife.
Monogamy
One spouse
Serial Monogamy
One wife at a time
House Hold
- Group of people staying together.
Nuclear Family
father, mother, biological children
Family of procreation
- When married and start your own family
Family of cohabitation
Family you live with
Binuclear family
Family divided by divorce
Blended family
- When the man or the woman has been married before
Extended family
3 generationed family
Affiliated kin
- Unrelated individuals who are traded as if they were related
Neolocal
Choice of resident
Patrilocal
With the husbands family
Matrilocal
- With the wifes family
Archy
Authority
Patriarchy
- males have authority
Matriarchy
- women had authority in Cherokee
Equalitarian
Authority is shared
Linage
kin folk
Patrilineal
Tracked through fathers side
Matrilineal
Cherokee tracked through womans side
Globalization
- When the world’s economy is trying to become independent.
Demography
- Study of population and their characteristics
Ethnicity
distinguishing one group from another
Meaningful
- Sense of value
Magical thinking
- When two things happen the first will cause the second
Mindset
- thinking pattern
Theory
Statement explaining why things occur
Structural functional theory
- System that has parts working together
Functions
Purpose or outcome
Latent
Unplanned
Status
Position in the system
Instrumental Roles
Masculine
Emotional Roles
Feminine
Family system theory
Counseling theory
Participant observation
Interacting not knowing the subject
Non participant observation
Observing subjects
Independent variables
factors that can be controlled
Dependent variables
Factors that cannot be controlled
Sex
Characteristics knowing if we are male or female
Gender
- Attitudes and behaviors associated with being male or female
Role
- Behavior expected of someone who holds a certain status
Gender Roles
- Expected behavior of a male or female in a culture
Sex Role
Defined by biological constrains
Gender Variance
discomfort with one’s sex
Cross dressers-
when males and females want to dress the opposite
Transvestite
Males who dress to attract other men
Transsexual
When men want to be like women and vice versa
Hermaphrodite
- When a person has both male and female body parts
Cognitive development theory
- how children think and act as they grow up