FAD2230 Exam 1 Chapters 1 5 Nari Jeter Florida State University Chapter 1 Families Have Changed o Colonial America Families were businesses schools churches and correctional health and welfare institutions African Americans and Slavery o Industrialized and Urbanized America separate work and home life waves of immigration Homes become a safe Have women are masters in domain Poor working class middle upper class o Modern America Where we re living now Not a lot of time working in factories Starting to merge work and home life because of technology Shifted towards privatization physically but not technologically Media is supposed to be reflective of our culture o 1950 s Leave it to Beaver Mom stays at home Dad goes to work Caucasian Middle Class o 1970 s The Brady Bunch 2 Families coming together Step family White Upper Middle Class Sent a message that divorce is OK o 1980 s The Cosby Show Black Family Upper Class Well Educated White people could relate multigenerational Woman wore the pants in the family o 1990 s Friends Controversial casual sex pushed envelope of staying single Functioned like a family Nuclear family very wealthy easy to say they are dysfunctional but they o 2000 s Osbournes were loving Types of Family o Family of Orientation The family you come from genetically o Family of Procreation The family you create in constant flux o Fictive Kin Not related but are elevated because of importance in family Functions of Family o Regulation of sexual behavior o Reproducing and socializing children o Property and inheritance o Economic cooperation and provision families have different philosophies o Social placement status and roles o Care warmth protection and intimacy Definitions for Chapter 1 Family A relationship by blood marriage or affection in which members may cooperate economically may care for children and may consider their identity to be intimately connected to the larger group Family of Orientation The family that you are born into Family of Procreation The family you make through marriage partnering and or parenthood Fictive kin Nonrelatives whose bonds are strong and intimate Marriage An institutional arrangement between persons to publicly recognize social and intimate bonds Socialization The process by which people learn the rules expectations and culture of the society Social Structure A stable framework of social relationships that guides our interactions with others Micro level Focus on the individual and his or her interactions in specific settings Macro level Focus on the interconnectedness of marriage families and intimate relationships with the rest of society Social institution A major sphere of social life with a set of beliefs and rules that is organized to meet basic human needs Status The social position that a person occupies Master Status The major defining status or statuses that a person occupies Human Agency The ability of human beings to create viable lives even when they are constrained or limited by social forces Monogamy Marriage between one man and one woman Polygamy A system that allows for more than one spouse at a time gender unspecificed Polygyny The marriage pattern in which husbands can have more than one wife Polyandry The marriage pattern in which wives are allowed to have more than one husband Patriarchy A form of social organization in which the norm or expectation is that men have a natural right to be in positions of authority over women Matriarchy A form of social organization in which the norm or expectation is that the power and authority in society would be vested in women Egalitarian The expectation that power and authority are vested in both men and women equally Bilateral Descent that can be traced through both male and female sides of the family Patrilineal A descent pattern where lineage is traced exclusively or at least primarily through the man s family line Matrilineal A descent pattern where lineage is traced exclusively or primarily within women s families Patrilocal The expectation that a newly married couple will live with the husband s family Matrilocal The expectation that a newly married couple will live with the family of the wife Nuclear Family A family comprised of adults and their children Extended family A family comprised of parents children and other relatives such as grandparents Companionate family A marriage based on mutual affection sexual attraction compatibility and personal happiness Empirical approach An approach that answers questions through a systematic collection and analysis of data Survey A form of research that gathers information about attitutes or behaviors though the answers that people give to questions Random sample A sample in which every person of interest has an equal chance of being selected into your research study In depth interview A research method that allows an interviewer to obtain detailed responses to questions Experiment A controlled method for determining cause and effect Focus Group A small group interview of people who are brought together to discuss a particular topic Observational study A research method that goes into the natural setting and observes people in action Secondary Analysis A research method in which the data were collected for some other purpose but still are useful to the researcher Quantitative research Research that focuses on data that can be measured numerically Qualitative research Narrative description with words rather than numbers to analyze patterns and their underlying meanings Structural functionalism theory A theory that attempts to determine the structure systems functions and equilibrium of social institutions Conflict theory A theory that emphasizes issues surrounding social inequality power conflict and social change Feminist theory A theory in which gender is seen as the central concept for explaining family structure and family dynamics Social exchange theory A theory that draws upon a model of human behavior used by many economists It assumes that the individuals are rational beings and their behavior reflects decisions evaluated on the basis of costs both direct and opportunity costs and benefits Symbolic interaction theory A theory that emphasizes the symbols we use in everyday interaction words gestures appearances and how these are interpreted Developmental theory A theory that suggests families and individual family members go through distinct stages over time with each stage having its own set of tasks roles and
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