The Family

Question 1

Census family

Answer 1

married or common law couple living together
OR
lone parent with at least one child

Question 2

Trend in marriage rates?

Answer 2

Marriage rate decrease

Cohabitation rate increase

Question 3

What 4 functions does the structural functionalism theory assign to the family?

Answer 3

1. Sexual regulation (ex: social replacement)
2. Socialization (ex: instills culture in new members)
3. Economic and social support (ex: property rights)
4. Provision of social status (ex: kinship order)

Question 4

What’s Engels say on Conflict theory and family?

Answer 4

he views the family as a vehicle to maintain the pAtRiArChY and social inequality

Question 5

symbolic interactionism & the family:

Answer 5

setting for socialization & role performance (where the self develops)

Question 6

feminist theory & the family

Answer 6

Margrit be like: mirrors and reproduces gender inequality

Question 7

monolithic bias

Answer 7

em[emphasizes the concept of a “traditional family”, fails to see the diversity of roles within it

Question 8

conservative bias

Answer 8

romantic view of the nuclear family, doesn’t recognize problems

Question 9

sexist bias

Answer 9

ME MAN ME PROVIDE, WOMAN GO TAKE CARE OF KIDS

Question 10

microstructural bias

Answer 10

doesn’t look at social institutions that affects what goes on inside of the family as a unit, treats the family as an encapsulated unit