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Families Midterm
Sociology of families midterm review
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Sociology
Undergraduate 2
03/10/2012

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Families
Definition
Groups of related people boud by connections that are legal, emotional, or bilogical
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Personal Family
Definition
The people to whom we feel related and who we expect to find us as members of their family as well
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Legal family
Definition
a group of individuals related by birth marriage or adoption
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DOMA
Definition

 law permitted states to deny marriage benefits of couples married in other states

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Families as institutions
Definition
place where family matters take place
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Theory
Definition
a way of putting logic to some fact
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Consensus
Definition
society as a collective expression of shared values and norms.
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Talcott Parsons
Definition
Believed the model of the family where the man was the principal bread winner woulf not change
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Conflict
Definition
Opposition in conflict define society, and are necessary for social evolution
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Feminist theory
Definition
Seeks to understand and ultimately reduce inequality between men and women
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Exchange theory
Definition
sees individuals and groups with different resources, strength and weaknesses , entering into mutual relationships to maximize their own gains.
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Symbolic interaction
Definition

When you are around cretin groups of people, you act in a specific way.  (fulfilling a social role within the family)

 

understand humans as seeing themselves through the eyes of others, sees individuals as enacting social roles based on others expectations.

 

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Modernity theory
Definition

Concerns the emergence of the individual as an actor in society and how individuality changed personal and institutional relationships.

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Demography
Definition
Study family and household structures that contribute to larger population processes
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Life course perspective
Definition
study the family trajectories of individuals and groups over the course of their lives.
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Economic power
Definition

 relative control of men and women, income and other economic resources

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4 historical transitions
Definition
longer lives, fewer children, less life sustaining work at home, more family diversity
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parlor
Definition
room in which 'calling' dates would take place
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structural functionalism
Definition
common matters of behavior, what is the funcgion of bx
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conflict
Definition

opposition in conflict define society, and are necessary for social evolution

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Institutionalized individualization
Definition

Can lead to fragmentation of the family freedom gives lack of direction but revolutionizes family relationships

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cohabitation
Definition

living together as a sexual or romantic couple without being married

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Selection hypothesis
Definition

example:

maybe there is something different in people who cohabit in the 1st place and not the act of cohabiting that makes them divorce

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Correlation
Definition

2 variables are related to one another, but does not indicate there is a cause implied

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Experience hypothesis
Definition
the experience of cohabiting changes an individual and makes
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Intimate partner violence
Definition

The use of power or control of one partner over another

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Intimidation
Definition
physical presence, destroying property, punching the wall next to someone’s head
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Minimizing and blaming
Definition
normalizing, ‘ I’m this way because of what you are doing ’, excusing behavior
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Physical threats
Definition

the ‘look’, any physical signs, overlap with intimidation, cleaning the gun

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Possessiveness
Definition

having to know where they are at all the time, limiting the places where the partner con go, choosing clothes, jealousy, stalking

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Humiliation
Definition
Telling intimate secrets, diminishing gender jokes
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Domination
Definition
controlling economic resources of relationship
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Isolation
Definition

creating a  feeling of resentment on your partner because he doesn’t like him. Victim separates form other people and when they realize they are in trouble they have no one to go to.

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Cycle of Violence
Definition
Tension building --serious battering incident -- honeymoon period
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Homogamy
Definition

marriage between individuals that are culturally similar to each other

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Soical scripts
Definition
pattern of interaction that serves as a model of bx in similar situations
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3 Levels of Sexual Script
Definition

 Cultural:

Men should be initiators

We are becoming less aware of cultural scenario scripts

 

Individual: We have to decide what from the cultural scenario do we wish to abide by?

Individual chooses

Acknowledges existence of cultural script

 

Interactional: when we have to interact with other people to find out what their script is like

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Love
Definition
we most often mean deep affection, emotional
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Romantic love
Definition

passionate devotion and attraction one feels for another

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4 Qualities of love
Definition

o   unambiguous: “love at first sight”

§  immediate – for most people not true

o   unique: one true love

o   requires proof: overcoming obstacles in their quest for love

§  social, barriers, personal

o   permanent: a truly loving relationship should be eternal 

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Utilitarian Love
Definition
The practical rational dedication of one person to another based on shared understandings and emotional commitment.
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Race
Definition
A group of people believed to share common descent based on perceived innate physical similarities
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Ethnic
Definition
group of people with a common cultural identification, language, religion, origin and traditional practices
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Familism
Definition

personal outlook that puts family obligations firs before individual wellbeing

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Acculturation
Definition
acquisition of new culture and language
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Consonant acculturation
Definition
parents and children together gradually transition away from home culture and language
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Dissonant
Definition
children develop English acquisition more quickly and get into the culture faster
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Assimilation
Definition
gradual reduction of ethnic distinction between immigrants and mainstream society
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survey research
Definition
identical questions are asked of many different people and their answers gathered into one large data file
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time-use resarch
Definition
collect data on how family memebers spend their time
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