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Social Institutions are
The major spheres of social life or societal subsystems organized to meet human needs

Give insight into the society in which you are living of are observing
What are the three major theoretical perspectives?
Functionalism
Internationalist
Conflict Theory
In the functionalist theory sociology looks like a ______ with all parts attached
body
Family still has somewhat of a _______ slant to it
functionalist
Certain functions that institutions fulfill, 5

Randy Travis Produced, Preserved, and Maintained a sense of order
1.Replacing Personnel
2.Teaching New Members
3.Producing and Distributing Goods and Services
4.Preserving Order
5. Promoting and Maintaining a sense of purpose
The fundemental concept of the conflict theory is...
competition and power
The group with more power will
come out on top, even if they are smaller
Institutions are __________ and that structure
highly structured, constrains what we do and how we do it
In the interactionalist theory, things do not have __________
meaning, we give them meaning
Meaning that we apply to titles...
molds the way we look at them
The family is a principal
social instiution
The family is arguably the ________ social institution
most important
Traditional definition of the family
Husband, wife, and children
Marriage is implicit as a
civil contract
federal government does not recognize
common law marriage
some states have gone away from common law because of
same sex couples
despite the difficulty in defining the family, there are meaning by which we can understand the institution. How many ways?
3
Defining the family
1. Look at ______ specific to our culture
trends and patterns
Defining the family
2. Accept that it is possible to discover________ through the observations of _______ and _______
defining characteristics, trends and patterns
Defining the family
3. _______ our assumptions
questioning
Definition of household
any dwelling that is designed for living
Householder (formerly head of household)
NOT the person that makes the most money
Definition of a family household
two or more people living in the same household who are related by birth, marriage, or adoption
Cohabitating couple
does not recognize as family, some states recognize domestic partnership
From 1950-2003 there has been an increase in _____ householders
female
Numbers for unmarried partener households
all unmarried partener-4,622
households with children- 1,877
without children- 2,745
There is a high percentage of adults who _______
cohabit
Marriage is being _______ but not forgone
delayed
in what year did divorce rates outpace widowhood for men?
1980
what is one major shift that is associated with the greater likelihood of divorce than widowhood?
No Fault Divorce Laws in 1974
What year did No Fault Divorce Laws emerge?
1974
Why does education matter? What is it associated with?
labor, force, status and occupation
Functions of Education
Primary Socialization
Linked to social control
Teaches you how to adapt and behave in a social environment
Over the past 20 years, we have seen an increase in _________ for those within the social institution
expectation
As the occupational structure changes the ________________ shifts
value of education
Property taxes determine the ______ that determines how much money schools have
tax base
What is the percentage of students in 2000 that completed high school?

What was the increase in people obtaining a bachelors degree?
84%

4.6% to 24.4%
Educational Attainment by Race and Ethnicity
Chart shows that more ________ have the highest level of educational attainment
Asians
Kozol says that lots of the value of education is not determined by ________
race
High school degree attainment is almost equal, in recent years more _________
women
As the degree goes higher
men attain more education
Men are being paid...
much more than women across all occupation groups
What is the per dollar difference between men and women's pay?
71.3 cents per dollar for men
In education, the functional approach says that schooling...
7 Functions
1.passes on the culture of society
2.Functionalist education facilitates the...
mixing and merging of different classes and ethnic groups
3. Functionalist education creates _____
an informed citizenry
4. Functionalist education produces ______
cognitive skills
5. Functionalist education develops ______
new knowledge and provides scientific discoveries
6. Functionalist education delays....
young people from entering the work force
7. Functionalist education teaches...
habits of discipline and obedience to authority
Conflict approach of education promotes the struggle among competing groups for...
control of schooling
In the conflict theory, Education is a ________
scarce resource
Employers want employees who are
loyal, obedient, and submissive
Hidden cirruculum teaches __________________ necessary in certain positions
values and personality characteristics
Function of the family
Regis Divided Regular Reproduction Socially Social (6)
Regulating Relationship
Division of Labor
Regulating sexual behavior
Reproduction
Social control
Socialization
Exogamy
go outside the family to find a partner
Endogamy
Homogamy
don't go too far outside of family, only choose from certain groups
people marry people like then close in age, class, and race
- divorced marry divorced
- single marry single
- widowed marry widowed