FAD2230 STUDY GUIDE Exam 1 ch 1 2 3 4 5 CHAPTER 1 Family 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 o Family Orientation the family that you are born into o Family of procreation the family you make through marriage partnering and or parenthood Fictive kin nonrelatives whose bonds are strong and intimate o Ex relationships among unmarried homosexual or heterosexual partners or o can provide important services and care for individuals including financial assistance or help through life transitions such as birth of a child or very close friends divorce Marriage an institutional arrangement between persons to publicly recognize social and intimate bonds Socialization teaching children the rules expectations and culture of the society in which they live Social Structures others Micro level settings patterns of social organization that guide our interactions with concentrating exclusively on individuals interactions in specific o People who use this perspective focus on individual uniqueness personal decision making and interactions between small groups of people in o Ex if you were taking micro level perspective on family problems you might conclude that divorce would be reduced by teaching couples better specific situations communication skills Macro level examines the way marriages families and intimate relationships are interconnected with the rest of society and with other social institutions Social institution major sphere of social life with a set of beliefs and rules organized to meet basic human needs Status social position s that we occupy o Ex you may be a daughter or son a student an employee a friend and a Master Status status that tends to dominate the others o Each of us have several master statuses each with a set of privileges or roommate constraints o Sex race ethnicity and social class represent some of the major organizing constructs in our society Human Agency ability of human beings to create viable lives even when they are constrained or limited by social forces Monogamy marriage pattern that consists of only two people o Found widely although not exclusively throughout the world Polygamy allows either a husband or wife to have more than one spouse at a time o Polygyny a husband can have more than one wife illegal in the U S but about 37 000 American families who practice this primarily in western states o Polyandry where one wife is married to multiple husbands Rare and most likely to occur in societies that experience harsh environmental conditions where poverty is wide spread such as India Patriarchy means rule of the father the expectation is that men have natural right to be in positions of authority over women Matriarchy form of social organizations in which the power and authority is society would be vested in women o this is referred to as a theoretical alternative because no known cases of true matriarchies have ever been recorded Egalitarian the expectation is that power and authority are equally vested in both Descent that can be traced through both male and female sides of the men and women Bilateral family Patrilineal within women s families there independently Patrilocal family a decent pattern where lineage is traced exclusively or at least primarily through the man s family line Matrilineal a decent pattern where lineage is traced exclusively or primarily Neolocal expectation that a newly married couple establishes a residence and lives expectation that a newly married couple with live with the husband s o families in other parts of the world practice this Matrilocal expectation that a newly married couple will live with the family of the wife o Less common that patrilocal Nuclear Families comprised of adults and their children Extended Families comprised of parents children and other relatives such as Companionate family based on mutual affection sexual attraction compatibility and personal happiness emerged Empirical approach answers questions through a systematic collection and grandparents analysis of data Survey used to gather information about attitudes or behaviors through the answers that people give to questions Random Sample key to being able to generalize your survey findings o Allows every person of interest an equal chance of being selected for In depth interviews research method that allows an interviewer to obtain detailed your research study responses to questions Experiment a controlled method for determining cause and effect o Used often in evaluation research of psychological research which may ask questions Focus group obtains information from a small group of people who are brought together to discuss a particular topic Observational Studies research method that goes into the natural setting an observes people in action Secondary Analysis data were collected for some other purpose but still are useful to the researcher Quantitative research focuses on data that can be measured numerically Qualitative research Narrative description with words rather than numbers to analyze patterns and their underlying meanings general framework explanation or tol used to understand and describe the Theory real world o Structural Functionalism Theory attempts to determine the structure systems functions and equilibrium of social institutions o Conflict Theory emphasizes issues surrounding social inequality power conflict and social change How these factors influence or are played out in families o Feminist Theory gender is seen as the central concept for explaining family structure and family dynamics Focuses on the inequality and power imbalances between men and women and analyzes women s subordination for the purpose of figuring out how to change it Recognizes that gender is a far more important organizing concept than sex because the former represents a powerful set of relations that are fraught with power and inequality o Women do more household work than men even when both are fully employed Social Exchange Theory draws upon a model of a human behavior used by many economists It assumes that 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 emphasizes the symbols we use in everyday interaction words gestures appearances and how these are interpreted Developmental
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