Marriage And Family Test One

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Traditional Definition of Family

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a family has been difined as a unit made up of two or more people who are related by blood, marriage, or adoption; live together; form an economic unit; and bear and raise children.

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Current Definition (Book Purposes)

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a family is an intimate group of two or more people who live together in a committed relationship, care for one another and any children, and share activities and close emotional ties.

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Fictive kin

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non-relatives who are accepted as part of the family because they have strong bonds with biological family members and provide important services and care.

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Family Functions

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Regulation of Sexual Activity, Procreation and Socialization, Economic Security, Emotional Support, and Social Class Placement

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what type of families do western societies tend to have?

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nuclear family

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nuclear family

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made up of married parents and their biological or adopted children.

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Dysfunctional Myth

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have negative consequences that disrupt a family

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Functional Myth

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bring people together and promote social solidarity.

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What is a myth about the past?

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in the good old days there were fewer problems, people were happier and families were stronger

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Myths about what is natural?

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what is natural in a family, how many kids, who should get married..

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patrilocal residential pattern

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newly married couples live with the husband's family

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matrilocal pattern

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newly married couples live with the wife's family.

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neolocal pattern

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the newly married couple sets up its own residence.

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matriarchy

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the oldest females control cultural, political, and economic resources and , consequently have power over males

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patriarchy

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the oldest males control cultural, political, and economic resources and , consequently, have power over females.

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egalitarian family

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both partners share power and authority about equally

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monogamy

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one person is married exclusively to another person

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serial monogamy

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someone marries several people but only one at a time

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polygamy

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a man or woman has two or more spouses

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polyandry

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one woman with two or more husbands

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family of orientation

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the family in which a person is born into or adopted

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family of procreation

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the family a person forms by marrying and/or having or adopting children

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endogamy

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requires people to marry or have sexual relations within a certain group

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exogamy

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requires marriage outside the group, such as not marrying one's relatives or member of the same clan or tribe.

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Manifest functions

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intended and recognized; they are clearly evident

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what is the primary manifest function of the marriage ceremony

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to publicize the formation of a new family unit and to legitimize sexual intercourse.

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latent functions

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are unintended and unrecognized; they are not immediately obvious.

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what is the primary latent function of the marriage ceremony

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communicating a hands-off message to past or prospective sweethearts, outfitting the couple with household goods through wedding gifts, and redefining family boundaries to include in-laws or stepfamily members.

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Demographic Changes involving changes in family and non-family households

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The number of non-family households has increased, more births to unmarried women.

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family household

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consists of two or more people living together who are related through marriage, birth, or adoption

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Non-family household

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include people who live alone or with non-relatives.

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Demographic Changes involving singles and cohabiting couples

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both of these groups are climbing. cohabiting couples are rising because there is greater social acceptance of unmarried couples living together.

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Demographic Changes involving marriage, divorce and remarriage

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Divorce rates rose between 1970-2007 and have decreased since 2007, stepfamilies are becoming more common

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Demographic Changes involving one-parent families

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the number of children living with one parent has increased as more adults remain single into their 30s and because divorce rates are high

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Demographic Changes involving Employed Mothers

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the rise in employed mothers has been one of the most striking changes in American families

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Demographic Changes involving Older People

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Americans are living longer than ever before.

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Macro-level perspective

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focusing on large-scale patterns that characterize society as a whole

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Micro-Level Perspective

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focusing on individuals' social interactions in specific settings

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Why is Research important?

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What we don't know can't hurt us, theories and research help us understand ourselves and our families, and they improve our ability to think more critically and make informed decisions in our own families.

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What are the most common methods used in sociological research

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Surveys, Clinical Research, Field Research, Secondary Analysis, Experiments, and Evaluation Research

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Surveys- Strengths and Weaknesses

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Strengths- inexpensive, easy to administer, and have a fast turnaround rate.

Weaknesses- mailed surveys have a low response rate, people may skip or lie on questions,

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population

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any well-defined group of people or things that researchers want to know something about.

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Strengths/Weaknesses of Clinical Research

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Strengths- typically linked with long-term counseling which can be beneficial.

Weaknesses- they are usually time consuming and expensive, doesn't usually ask where is the evidence

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strengths and weaknesses of field research

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strengths- more flexible than some other methods

weaknesses- may need elaborate recording equipment and may have to travel far to get it, expensive, the observers bias can get involved.

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field research

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researches collect data by observing people in their natural surroundings

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secondary analysis

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an examination of data that have been collected by someone else.

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Strengths and Weaknesses of Secondary Analysis

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Strengths- usually accessible, convenient and inexpensive. data is high quality

Weaknesses- may not provide all the information needed and may not include the info the researcher is looking for.

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Experiment

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is a controlled artificial situation that allows researchers to manipulate variables and measure their effects.

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Strengths and Weaknesses of Experiments

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Strengths- isolation of the casual variable, low cost, can be replicated over many years and with different participants

Weaknesses- reliance on student volunteers or paid respondents...

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theory

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a set of statements that explains why a particular phenomenon occurs.

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Structural-Functional Theory

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examines the relationship between the family and the the larger society

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instrumental roles

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roles that the husband or father performs; providing food and shelter for the family...

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expressive roles

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roles that the wife or mother perform, roles of the "home-maker"

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Conflict Theory

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examines the ways in which groups disagree, struggle for power, and compete for scarce resources such as wealth and prestige.

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Feminist Theories

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examine how gender roles shape relations between the sexes in institutions such as politics, the economy, religion, education, and the family.

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Ecological Theory

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examines how a family influences and is influenced by its environment

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Family Perspective Theory

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examines the changes that families experience over their life spans

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Symbolic Interaction Theory

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looks at the everyday behavior of individuals

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social exchange theory

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the fundamental premise is that people seek through their interactions with others to maximize their rewards and to minimize their costs.

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family systems theory

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views the family as a functioning unit that solves problems, makes decisions, and achieves collective goals

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assimilation

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conformity of ethnic group members to the culture of the dominant group, including inter-marriage.

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minority group

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a group of people who may be treated differently from the dominant group because of their physical or cultural such as gender, sexual orientation...

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dominant group

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any physically or culturally distinctive group that has the most economic and political power, the greatest privileges and the highest social status

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racial group

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a category of people who share physical characteristics, such as skin color, that members of society consider socially important

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ethnic groups

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a set of people who identify with a particular national origin or cultural heritage.

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racism

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a set of beliefs that one's own racial group is inherently superior to others

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prejudice

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an attitude that prejudges people, usually in a negative way, who are different from "us" in race, ethnicity, religion, or some other characteristic

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discrimination

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behavior that treats people unequally or unfairly.

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Who are black children most likely to be raised by?

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one parent-usually the mother, absent fathers

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strengths of the african american family

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strong kinship bonds, an ability to adapt family roles to outside pressures, a strong work ethic despite recessions and unemployment

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What is the family structure of American Indian Families

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62% live with both parents

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what are the gender roles in american indian families

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gender roles are virtually nonexistent, husband and wife are more equal in the everyday things.

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Elders and Grandparents in American and Indian Families

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children are taught to respect their elders because old age is viewed as a badge of honor- a sign that one has done the right things and has pleased the creator. They serve as mentors and advisors.

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Strengths of the American Indian Family

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relational bonding- a core behavior that is built on widely shared values such as respect, generosity, and sharing across the tribe, band, clan, and kin group.

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Latino Families--
Family Structure

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70% of Latino children live in two-parent families.

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Latino Families--Gender Roles
--Machismo-

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a concept of masculinity that emphasizes dominance, aggression, and womanizing.

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Asian American Families--Family Structure

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likely to be extended rather than nuclear and might include parents, children, un-married sibblings, and grandparents..Most children grow up in two parent homes

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Gender Roles--Asian American Family--Confucianism

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endorses a patriarchal social structure and instructs women to obey their father, father-in-law, husband and oldest son

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Middle Eastern Families--Family Structure

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84% live with both parents, most frown on divorce, tend to have more children

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Marriage--Middle Eastern Families

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endogamous--favoring unions between cousins in some groups and in general people from the same national group..rarely based on romantic love

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Gender Roles--Middle Eastern Family

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men are the providers, women anchor the families identity and takes care of the home and children..obeys her husband and does not do anything to humiliate him or her relatives.