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Social Institutions are
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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 |
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What are the three major theoretical perspectives?
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Functionalism
Internationalist Conflict Theory |
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In the functionalist theory sociology looks like a ______ with all parts attached
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body
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Family still has somewhat of a _______ slant to it
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functionalist
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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 |
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The fundemental concept of the conflict theory is...
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competition and power
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The group with more power will
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come out on top, even if they are smaller
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Institutions are __________ and that structure
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highly structured, constrains what we do and how we do it
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In the interactionalist theory, things do not have __________
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meaning, we give them meaning
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Meaning that we apply to titles...
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molds the way we look at them
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The family is a principal
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social instiution
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The family is arguably the ________ social institution
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most important
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Traditional definition of the family
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Husband, wife, and children
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Marriage is implicit as a
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civil contract
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federal government does not recognize
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common law marriage
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some states have gone away from common law because of
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same sex couples
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despite the difficulty in defining the family, there are meaning by which we can understand the institution. How many ways?
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3
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Defining the family
1. Look at ______ specific to our culture |
trends and patterns
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Defining the family
2. Accept that it is possible to discover________ through the observations of _______ and _______ |
defining characteristics, trends and patterns
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Defining the family
3. _______ our assumptions |
questioning
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Definition of household
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any dwelling that is designed for living
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Householder (formerly head of household)
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NOT the person that makes the most money
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Definition of a family household
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two or more people living in the same household who are related by birth, marriage, or adoption
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Cohabitating couple
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does not recognize as family, some states recognize domestic partnership
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From 1950-2003 there has been an increase in _____ householders
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female
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Numbers for unmarried partener households
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all unmarried partener-4,622
households with children- 1,877 without children- 2,745 |
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There is a high percentage of adults who _______
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cohabit
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Marriage is being _______ but not forgone
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delayed
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in what year did divorce rates outpace widowhood for men?
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1980
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what is one major shift that is associated with the greater likelihood of divorce than widowhood?
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No Fault Divorce Laws in 1974
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What year did No Fault Divorce Laws emerge?
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1974
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Why does education matter? What is it associated with?
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labor, force, status and occupation
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Functions of Education
Primary Socialization |
Linked to social control
Teaches you how to adapt and behave in a social environment |
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Over the past 20 years, we have seen an increase in _________ for those within the social institution
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expectation
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As the occupational structure changes the ________________ shifts
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value of education
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Property taxes determine the ______ that determines how much money schools have
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tax base
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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% |
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Educational Attainment by Race and Ethnicity
Chart shows that more ________ have the highest level of educational attainment |
Asians
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Kozol says that lots of the value of education is not determined by ________
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race
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High school degree attainment is almost equal, in recent years more _________
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women
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As the degree goes higher
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men attain more education
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Men are being paid...
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much more than women across all occupation groups
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What is the per dollar difference between men and women's pay?
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71.3 cents per dollar for men
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In education, the functional approach says that schooling...
7 Functions |
1.passes on the culture of society
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2.Functionalist education facilitates the...
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mixing and merging of different classes and ethnic groups
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3. Functionalist education creates _____
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an informed citizenry
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4. Functionalist education produces ______
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cognitive skills
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5. Functionalist education develops ______
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new knowledge and provides scientific discoveries
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6. Functionalist education delays....
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young people from entering the work force
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7. Functionalist education teaches...
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habits of discipline and obedience to authority
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Conflict approach of education promotes the struggle among competing groups for...
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control of schooling
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In the conflict theory, Education is a ________
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scarce resource
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Employers want employees who are
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loyal, obedient, and submissive
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Hidden cirruculum teaches __________________ necessary in certain positions
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values and personality characteristics
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Function of the family
Regis Divided Regular Reproduction Socially Social (6) |
Regulating Relationship
Division of Labor Regulating sexual behavior Reproduction Social control Socialization |
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Exogamy
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go outside the family to find a partner
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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 |