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31 Cards in this Set
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Family |
a social institution found in all societies that unites people in cooperative groups to oversee the bearing and raising of children |
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Kinship |
a social bond based on blood, marriage, or adoption |
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Family Unit |
A social group of two or more people, related by blood, marriage, or adoption, who usually live together |
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Family of Orientation |
The family you are born into
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Family of Procreation |
The family you form in order to have or adopt children |
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Fictive Kinship |
People without blood ties who feel that they belong together and want to define themselves as a family
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Extended Family |
includes parents and children as well as other kin |
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Nuclear Family |
one or two parents and their children (Most common in the United States) |
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Endogamy |
marriage between people of the same social category |
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Exogamy |
marriage between people of different social categories |
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Patrilocality |
a married couple lives with or near the husband’s family.
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Matrilocality |
a married couple lives with or near the wife’s family. |
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Descent |
the system by which members of a society trace kinship over generations.
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Patrilineal descent
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tracing kinship through men.
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Matrilineal descent |
tracing kinship through women
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Bilateral descent |
tracing kinship through both men and women |
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Functional Analysis of the Family |
The family performs several vital tasks:
(1) Socialization. (2) Regulation of sexual activity. (3) Social Placement. (4) Material and Emotional Security. |
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Conflict Analysis of the Family |
Conflict theorists point out how the family perpetuates social inequality:
(1) Property and inheritance (2) Patriarchy (3) Racial and ethnic inequality Family plays a role in social stratification, |
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Interactionist Analysis of the Family
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This approach explores how individuals shape and experience family life. Family living offers an opportunity for intimacy. Family members share activities and build emotional bonds. Courtship and marriage may be seen as forms of negotiation |
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Homogamy |
Marrying someone with a background similar to ourselves |
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Three Major Functions of Religion (Durkheim) |
Social cohesion– Brings people together for a common purpose Social control– Regulates morality by showing what is and is not acceptable behavior Providing meaning and purpose– Gives people something to believe in |
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Ecclesia |
Organization that is well integrated into the larger society; can claim almost all people in a society as a member |
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Sect |
Organization that stands apart from the larger society – Leaders typically display charisma: extraordinary personal qualities that can turn an audience into followers; also seen in cults |
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Denomination |
A church independent of the state, which recognizes religious pluralim |
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Cult |
an organization that is largely outside a society’s cultural traditions
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Simple Supernaturalism |
Belief in positive and negative forces outside of the individual that impact their lives (Buddhism) |
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Animism |
Belief that elements of the natural world are conscious life forms that affect humanity(Native American Religion) |
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Transcendent Idealism |
Belief in the basic principles of truth, justice, goodness |
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Religiosity |
The importance of religion in a person’s life.
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Secularization |
The historical decline in the importance of the supernatural and the sacre |
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Civil Religion |
A quasi-religious loyalty binding individuals in a basically secular society |