Sociology Test 4

Front 1

Nuclear and extended families

Back 1

Nuclear - Family resides together with kids

Extended - Whole network of parents, children and other relatives who form a family unit and often reside together.

Front 2

Matrilineal and patrilineal kinship systems

Back 2

Matrilineal - Family lineage is traced through the mother.

Patrilineal - Descent traced through the father.

Front 3

Polygyny and polyandry

Back 3

polygyny n. The condition or practice of having more than one wife at one time.

polyandry - more than one husband at a time.

Front 4

Second shift and Empty nest

Back 4

Second shift is a term describing the workload of women and men who work to earn money, but also have responsibility for unpaid, domestic labor. (Chores etc. Gender roles)

Empty nest syndrome is a general feeling of loneliness that parents/other guardian relatives may feel when one or more of their children leave home

Front 5

Blended families and cohabitation

Back 5

blended families - stepfamilies

Front 6

Homogamy and Serial monogamy

Back 6

Homogamy refers to marriage between individuals who are, in some culturally important way, similar to each other.

serial monogamy - a succession of short monogamous relationships (as by someone who undergoes multiple divorces)

Front 7

Sacred and profane

Back 7

Sacred - That which is set apart from normal activity. Seen as holy.

Profane - That which is of the ordinary, everyday world, not religious.

Front 8

Cults and sects

Back 8

Cult - Religious group devoted to a specific cause or charismatic leader.

Sect - Groups that have broken off from an established church.

Front 9

Fertility and fecundity

Back 9

Fertility is the natural capability of giving life. Human fertility depends on factors of nutrition, sexual behavior, culture, instinct, endocrinology, timing, economics, way of life, and emotions.

fecundity is defined as the potential for reproduction

Front 10

Mortality and morbidity

Back 10

Mortality: A fatal outcome or, in one word, death.

Morbidity: Illness, disease.

Front 11

Natural increase and net migration

Back 11

rate of natural increase (RNI) is the crude birth rate minus the crude death rate of a population.

Net migration rate is the difference of immigrants and emigrants of an area in a period of time, divided (usually) per 1,000 inhabitants (considered on midterm population). A positive value represents more people entering the country than leaving it, while a negative value mean more people leaving than entering it.

Front 12

Population pyramid and zero population growth

Back 12

A population pyramid, also known as an age-sex pyramid, is a graphical illustration that shows the distribution of various age groups in a population

Front 13

Micro-change and macro-change

Back 13

Microchange - Subtle changes in the day to day Interactions between people. (ex. Fad)

Macrochange - Gradual transformations in a society that affect many aspects of living.

Front 14

urbanization and suburbanization

Back 14

Urbanization - The process by which a community acquires the aspects of city life.

Suburbanization -

Front 15

church

Back 15

Formal organization that sees itself and is seen by society as a primary and legitimate religious institution.