Sociology Of The Family Chapters 1, 2, And 3

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what do researchers of the family disagree on?

Back 1

the data's meaning- DATA WARS AND INTERPRETATION WARS

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position on family researchers: the family is deteriorating

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position on family researchers: the family is stronger than ever

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- parents spend more time with kids
- people take care of elderly parents

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position on family researchers: the family is changing, not deteriorating

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- family is under great stress, what can we do to help?
- public policy> child care, flexible hours for workers

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complicating factor 1) both marriage partners are working outside the home

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- more money>fewer fights> less divorce
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- independence effect- working housewives> who is doing housework? less willing to put up with crap> more divorce

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complicating factor 2) competitive global economy

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- job security is dead
- downsizing and outsourcing
--to survive, work harder,
--increasing pressing for both partners to work
- one income is not enough
--"time crunch"- not much time for sleep, togetherness
-- children's issues- day care (expensive and moral dilemma)
-- latch key kids- kids who stay unsupervised after school while parents are at work
-- quality time is now scheduled and decreased

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complicating factor 3) declining birth rate among industrialized nations

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- approx. 2 kids per family> demographic implications= US will become "top heavy" with old people
-- solutions: tax working people more to support elderly programs, raise retirement age

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macrosystem

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- cultural values, attitudes, ideologies, economic recessions, technological wars

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exosystem

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- workplace, mass media, legal services, school boards, friends of family, social service agencies, neighbors

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mesosystem

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- preschool, school, peers, extended family, religious groups, healthcare providers

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microsystem

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- child and parents
- problems: time crunch, poverty

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structural functionalism. 2 important functions of the family

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- what FUNCTION do behavioral patterns and social institutions serve
- 1) produces new members
- 2) transmits the culture from generation to generation (tradition)

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social conflict

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- focus's on family strife and struggle
- struggle> action/outcome
- gender struggles, housework struggles
- "family politics"
- strategic alliances- pick your battles

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symbolic interaction

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- we determine the meaning of situations: looks at the negotiation and development of meanings within families
- important in marriage counseling ex) a man who beats his wife but says its her fault

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relationship between conflict theory and symbolic interaction theory

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- the person with the most POWER tends to have the most success in defining the situation

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social exchange theory. rational actors, marriage market, homogamy

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- people are "rational actions": they are constantly calculating costs and benefits, they want whatever benefits them most
- the "marriage market"- Blau- people choose marriage partners that are the :best deal" according to all assets
- we develop love AFTER we make our calculations
- homogamy- people tend to marry those whose social assets are roughly comparable to their own

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family systems theory. functional v. dysfunctional

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- originally interested in schizohrenia- instead of focusing on individual, focus on entire family
- group analysis: by talking to entire family, can see all perceptions and factors
- says there are functional and dysfunctional family- each has its own characteristics but concludes that MOST FAMILIES ARE DYSFUNCTIONAL SOME OF THE TIME

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family systems therapy: presenting problem, index person, family secrets, intervene

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- PP: the problem as it was originally stated
- IP: person with the problem as it was originally stated- often the "family lightening rod" (causes/is blamed for everything)
- FS: secrets that affect how people think and act
- GP- problems that will continue through generations ex) alcoholic father
- I: try to improve communication, bring in other people from social network (maybe as a mediator)

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genogram, ecomap

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-G: a picture of the extended family across generations (at least 3)
-E: info about people. a picture of the family as it relates to other system in its environment

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US long term trends over past decade. BR, MR,

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- birth rates have been steadily declining> smaller families
- marriage rates have been declining

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1950's- deviation from LT trends BR and MR skyrocketed. why?

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- people tend to get married when they feel they can afford to
- 1950s= an unpredecented period of affluence for the US working class
1) the GD was OVER
2) the US was at the top of the global economy
-- labor unions that were held back during war emerged>higher wages> higher production

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1950s= an unpredecented period of affluence for the US working class> rise of suburbia. influences?

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1) GI bill> job training
2) GI loans> gave $ to buy a house- husbands income alone was usually sufficient> wives stay HOME
> rise of Familism

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rise of familism

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- idea that in order to be respected you need to:
- get married buy a house, have lots of kids

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familism+ mccarthyism=period of social paranoia

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- extremely suspicious of people who were different
ex) working women, single people, gays

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early v. late 1960s

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- early= sexual rev, protests/social unrest, war on poverty
- Johnson addressed problems with optimism!
- we had high expectations as a society

- late: rioting, caos, great disillusionment
- people began turing away from big picture (set stage for 1970s)

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1970's. where do they turn?

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- US is no longer at the top of the global economy
-- unemployment increased, inflation skyrocketed, prices skyrocketed
- cant depend on leaders- gov lied (watergate, lost vietnam war)
- cant get satisfaction from external things> TURN INWARD

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the self-fullfillment craze of the 1970s

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- "the me decade" experience life to the fullest- be the best you you can be!
- Michigan studies- psychological revolution
-- people must recognize their inner needs
--its ok to talk about your problems> marriage partners talking about their needs
-- more awareness of adults stages of life- midlife crisis, empty nest stage

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minority. dominant group, minority

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- a group of people who may be treated differently than the dominant group because of their physical or cultural characteristics
- DG: most economic and political power
- M: less economic and political power (does not connote population size)

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prejudice v discrimination

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- P: an ATTITUDE that prejudges people who are different from the dominant group
- D: a BEHAVIOR that treats people unequally or unfairly

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race

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- category of people who share physical characteristics such as skin color that members of a society consider SOCIALLY important
- it is a SOCIAL label, not a biological trait
- society treats us which to accept and reject
ex) Black

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ethnic group

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- a set of people who identify with a particular national origin or cultural heritage
ex) Jews
- immtigrants today have a negative stereotype

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assimilation

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- conformity to the dominant group
ex) Italian immigrant marrying an American

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cultural pluralism

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- maintaining many aspects of ones original culture
ex) marry an Italian

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acculturation

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- adopting the language, beliefs, roles, and ther characteristics of a host culture
- ex) Italian immigrant marrying an Italian from America