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bilateral descent
The tracing of kinship through both parents' ancestral lines
kinship
one's traceable ancestry, can be based on blood or marriage or adoption
cohabitation
When a man and woman live together in a sexual relationship without being married. Increasing. These couples may choose to live together in an effort to spend more time together or to save money on living costs. "Trial run" for marriage
conflict approach
Quick to point out that US families have been defined as private entities, the consequence of which has been to leave family matters to only those within the family. Many people in the US are resistant to government intervention in the family: parents do not want the government to tell them how to raise their children or to become involved in domestic issues. Highlights the role of power in family life and contends that the family is often not a haven, but rather an arena where power struggles can occur.
corporal punishment
Physical abuse in children may come in the form of beating, kicking, throwing, choking, hitting with objects, burning, or other methods. Spanking is not considered abuse. Studies have shown that spanking is not an effective form of punishment and may lead to aggression by the victim, particularly in those who are spanked at a young age
endogamy
marriage between people of the same social category
Exogamy
marriage outside the tribe, caste, or social group
extended family
A household that includes at least one parent and child as well as other relatives like grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins
family of orientation
The family into which one is born
family of procreation
A family that is formed through marriage
functionalism perspective
uphold the notion that families are an important social institution and that they play a key role in stabilizing society. The family and its members perform certain functions that facilitate the prosperity and development of society.
Once children are
produced- the function is training them for adult life.
Parents teach their children manners, civility, gender roles, etc.
Matrilineal
The unilateral descent of the mother's line only
nuclear family
Two parent-family structure. Refers to married parents and children as the nucleus, or core, of the group. Recent years have seen a rise in variations of the nuclear family with the parents not being married. Three percent of children live with two cohabiting parents.
patrilineal
The unilateral descent of the father's line only
polyandry
A form of marriage in which one woman is married to more than one man at one time
polygamy
The state of being committed or married to more than one person at a time
polygyny
A form of marriage in which one man is married to more than one woman at one time
marriage
a legally recognized contract between two or more people in a sexual relationship who have an expectation of permanence about their relationship
family
socially recognized groups of individuals who may be joined by blood, marriage, or adoption and who form an emotional connection and an economic unit of society
symbolic interactionist perspective
The family itself is a symbol. It is any union that involves respect and compassion. Interactionists stress that family is not an objective, concrete reality. It is a social construct that is subject to the ebb and flow of social norms and ever-changing meanings.
A
A society that prohibits interracial marriage by law is effectively:
a) Enforcing exogamy
b) Enforcing endogamy
c) Embracing diversity
d) Rejecting biological determinism
D
To a conflict theorist, marriage and families are fascinating because:
a) All married men and women fight every single day of their lives
b) No one ever gets what they want, so everyone compromises.
c) All teenagers always fight with their parents.
d) Within the family are social standings and power struggles
B
Polygyny is
a) A person who is married to only one person at
a time
b) A man who is married to more than one woman at the same time
c) A woman who is married to more than one man at the same time
d) A person who is married to more than one person at the same time
B
Family is a term that is difficult to define. When studying sociology it is important to remember that:
a) Sociologist try to keep the definition open so that people who walk by each other on the
street are a family.
b) Sociologists try to keep the definition open to encompass all types of people who are emotionally close to each other.
c) Sociologists only consider people who live in the same household to be a family
d) Sociologists only consider traditional marriage as a requirement to be a family
A
What is one of the biggest challenges facing groups and organizations that try to prevent
intimate partner violence (IPV)?
a) The victims of IPV do not report the abuse.
b) IPV almost never happens, so it is difficult to locate and predict
c) Most people do not know what IPV is.
d) IPV is not taken seriously by the court system.
A
What is the relationship, if any, between people who cohabitate and then get married, and those people who wait to live together after they marry?
a)
Cohabitating, unmarried partners have a slightly higher divorce rate after they get married than those who don't cohabitate until after marriage
b) Cohabitating, unmarried partners have a slightly lower divorce rate after they get married than those who don't cohabitate until after marriage.
c) Cohabitating, unmarried partners have the exact same divorce rate as the people who don't cohabitate until marriage.
d) It does not matter because divorce occurs when two people are incompatible
and does not depend on how long people have lived with each other.
B
What is the relationship between intimate partner violence (IPV) and marriage?
a) Men and women who are married feel empowered to report abuse, thus the statistics we have on IPV between married couples are very accurate.
b) Men and women who are married experience less abuse, than those who are separated or cohabitating
c) Men and
women who are married experience considerably more abuse, than those who are cohabitating, or separated.
d) Men and women who are married prefer to seek therapy and counseling for their problems rather than hitting, punching, or screaming.
C
Corporal Punishment is another way of saying:
a) White Collar Crime
b) Life in prison
c) Spanking
d) The death penalty
A
Which is one reason that sociologist cite to explain why men and women are delaying marriage until their mid-to-late twenties?
a) Many young people place education and career higher than marriage on their list of priorities.
b) Many women fear having children too early and, consequently, having to give up a good career.
c) Most men spend at least a year traveling the world to get a better understanding of the world, and consequently, don't want to be tied down
by a wife.
d) Most people in the Millennial generation are caring for their aging parents and do not have time for long term, serious relationships.
D
Watching television shows can be a good way to understand and study families because:
a) They teach us what the ideal family should look like.
b) They teach us how to behave when parents get upset
c) They teach us how to think through the consequences
of certain actions.
d) They teach us how a family on screen can represent the values of the era in which they aired.
A
Which factors do sociologists suspect were the cause for such a high divorce rate during the 1960's?
a) There was an increase in women working outside of the home, and also, greater social acceptance of divorce.
b) Men were granted more freedom and often allowed to work from home which
put more strain on their marital relationships, and which also coincided with women becoming more educated and more aware of their legal rights.
c) The 1960's saw the birth of the zero-tolerance concept, which many men and women applied to their marriages, and which, many in society thought a great idea.
d) Most people divorcing in the 1960's grew up during World War II and struggled to make the austerity of their childhood correlate with their more abundant and fruitful lifestyles in the
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