Sociology Chapter 12

what happens to marital satisfaction when small children are present in the household?

it goes down

how has the percentage or marriages that end in divorce changed since 1950?

it has increased slightly

As an agent of socialization, who does the family influence?

everyone

some women accept the burdens of the "second shift" in order to avoid conflict with their husbands or children. how does this affect them>

it makes them unhappy and emotionally numb

In what way is the family responsible for the reproduction of society?

it produces and socializes children

what is the term for the range of behaviors that abusers use to gain and maintain control over their victims?

manipulation

although there are strategies available to help ease the burden of the second shift, they are mainly available to:

wealthier families

according to the symbolic interactionists Jay Gubrium and Jim Holstein, what form does the family take in contemporary society?

"the family" does not exist; rather, family is a fluid, adaptable set of contemporary society

according to Kathryn Edin and Maria Kefalas, which of the following is a reason young women of low socioeconomic status have children?

a baby is a symbol of belonging, and motherhood can lead to respect from one's community

Given the history of the family, what sort of changes do you think would be most likely to make the extended family more relevant again?

changes in the economy that make people less likely to move away from their hometowns to get a job

what do sociologists call the tendency to marry someone of a similar background?

endogamy

family friends who are referred to as "aunt" or "uncle" are examples of:

fictive kin

Groups that form communal living arrangements like communes, monasteries, ashrams, and housing cooperatives are called:

intentional communities

what did the research subjects of glaser, dixit, and green's 2002 study of white supremacist's online chatrooms find most threatening?

interracial marriage

which of the following was true of parenting in the nineteenth century and earlier?

mothers often values other mother's opinions about child rearing over the opinions of their own children's fathers

what sort of actions do abusive partners take to keep their partners in the relationship?

periodically enter a cycle of loving contrition

What does Arlie Hochschild call mothers who accept the dual workloads of paid labor at work and unpaid labor at home without any help?

supermoms

what is it called when individuals must for both their own children and their elderly parents?

the sandwich generation effect

what is the main reason abusive partners resort to domestic abuse?

they desire power over their victims

under what circumstances are parents more likely to have joint custody of their children after a divorce?

when they are nonwhite