Sociology Notes- Chapter 12

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Polygny

Man having multiple wives

nuclear family

A heterosexual couple in their own household raising children

Extended family

A large group of kin, or relatives which include grandparents, uncles, aunts, and cousins.

family

A social group whose members are bound to each other by some sort of tie-legal, biological, or emotional or a combination of all three.

anti- miscegenation

Laws in the U.S. states that prohibit the mixing of racial groups through marriage, cohabitation, or sexual interaction

Monogamy

Marrying only one individual at a time/ This is the only legal form in America

Exogamy

Marrying someone from a different racial group

Endogamy

Marrying someone with of the same social group

Polyamory

Multiple partnership

How does sociology define family?

Sociology defines family by what they do, how they relate to each other, and what their relationship is to the larger society.

Polygamy

Having multiple spouses practiced in subcultures around the world

Who surmised the " Golden Girls Affect"

Powell

How does the U.S Census define family?

As two or more individuals related by blood, marriage, adoption, or living in the same household. A mutual responsibility

In his book "Suicide" what does Emile Durkhiem believe about the family institution?

He found that marriage and family, at least for men, decreased the likelihood of suicide

Why did anti-miscegenation fail?

It fell in 1967 after a law in Virginia banning marriage between two different races was deemed unconstitutional

Talcott Parsons said,".....

The modern nuclear family was especially complimentary to the requirements of an industrial economy

What do structural functionalists believe about the family unit?

They believe that a society's survival depends on institutions that can serve its essential functions, such as: economic production, socialization of children, instrumental and emotional support and sexual control.

Polygandry

Women have multiple husbands. This is documented in Tibet


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