Chapter 12: life at home : families and relationships

The rate of divorce in the United States began rising in the 1960s and is still climbing today.

false

Mary commutes to college in Atlanta from a nearby neighborhood. She ends up marrying Joe, who lives two doors down from her and attends the same school. What is this an example of?

propinquity

Feminist Theory

questions male dominance as "normal" for families

kin

relatives or relations, usually those related by common descent

Which of the following is an example of fictive kin?

your dad's best friend whom you refer to as "uncle pete" even though he's not really your uncle

What percentage of households were comprised of married couples as of 2018?

48 percent

structural functionalism

Family is a cultural universal.

What percentage of families consisted of a married couple with a male breadwinner, a stay-at-home mom, and their children as of 2012?

less than 25%

Place each of the four stages of the cycle of violence in order from first to last.

-abusive partner is charming, attentive, and thoughtful - "walking on eggshells" - acute abuse and violence occur - "loving contrition"

Which of the following factors contribute to the sandwich effect?

Contributing Factor(s) -advances in life expectancy -students graduating from college are likely to need financial help from their parents -having children later in life Not Contributing Factor(s) -rise in blended families

conflict theory

Marriage as a civil right was not extended to all same-sex couples in the United States until 2015. Nontraditional families are still marginalized in many ways, while the nuclear family remains the standard.

symbolic interactionism

Marriage is not made solely by completing a legal contract but is also constructed through the everyday interactions between partners over the years.

structural functionalism

Marriage regulates sexuality and forms the basis for family, with all its other functions.

queer theory

Questions heteronormativity as "normal" for families.

conflict theory

There are inherent inequalities both within and between families.

Identify the true and false statements about the conflict perspective of the family.

True Statement(s) -Considering men to be "heads of household" and providing them with legal rights that women don't have means that families themselves are places in which women are discriminated against. -Gender is not the only system of stratification that shapes our experience in families. Age and ability may be the basis for inequality, conflict, and even violence within families. False Statement(s) -Conflict theorists recognize that the family produces and socializes children to function efficiently in a capitalist economy, and they see this function as contributing to the stability of society -Conflict theorists see exploitation in the family through a class-based, rather than a sex-based, division of labor.

marriage

a formally recognized bond between two spouses, establishing contractual rights and obligations between them

nuclear family

a heterosexual couple with one or more children living in a single household

extended family

a large group of relatives, usually including at least three generations living either in one household or in close proximity

family

a social group whose members are bound by legal, biological, or emotional ties, or a combination of all three

polygyny

a system of marriage that allows men to have multiple wives

polygamy

a system of marriage that allows people to have more than one spouse at a time

polyandry

a system of marriage that allows women to have multiple husbands

Which of the following is an example of the "sandwich generation" effect?

having to take care of elderly parents and children at the same time

Place the sociological analyses of the family in order from oldest to newest.

- émile Durkheim found that marriage and family, at least for men, decreased the chances of suicide - Talcott Parsons argued that "the modern nuclear family was especially complementary to the requirements of an industrial economy. - Carol Stack examined kinship relation in an urban African American community in All Our Kin. - Philip Cohen coined the phrase "personal family" to describe relationships where people help each other out, care for each other, and express that care, even if they are not legally or biologically related

In 2017, ____ percent of women and ____ percent of men age _____ and older lived alone. The proportion of older adults living alone increases with age, with ____ percent of women age seventy-five and older doing so in 2017 (Administration for Community Living 2018).

34 20 65 45

Identify the examples of relationships that fit within the contemporary sociological definition of a family.

Family -a man and a woman who are married and have two children -a man who lives with and takes care of his aunt -two unmarried men who live together and adopted a child together -three women who do not live together but always take care of each other Not Family -two co-workers who see each other every day but have no contact outside of work

Identify the true and false statements about Dalton Conley's 2004 work, The Pecking Order.

True Statement(s) Inequality between siblings; things outside the family's control, such as the economy, war, illness, and death; and marital discord affect each child at different stages in their life. False Statement(s) -Family proves to be the consistent influence many people view it to be. -Children's experiences are shaped primarily by family size, and less by birth order, presence or absence of parents, socioeconomic status, or other sociological variables. -Conley's book focuses on the growth of the sandwich generation.

Which of the following was the main finding of Kathryn Edin and Maria Kefalas's work on low-income single mothers?

low-income single mothers have babies as a symbol of belonging and being valued

The family is responsible for the reproduction of society as it produces and socializes children who will in turn become future workers and produce and socialize more new members of society. What did Talcott Parsons refer to this as?

pattern maintenance

monogamy

the practice of marrying (or being in a relationship with) one person at a time

Which of the following is the U.S. Census Bureau's definition of family?

two or more individuals related by blood, marriage, or adoption living in the same household