Chapter 5 Sociology
Courtship
A social interaction for the express purpose of marriage
Man ask permission, intentions honorable, marriage minded, under strict supervision, find spouse, fun not important
Detail courtship
16 with parental permission
Education in the USA is mandatory up until what age?
4 million
How many American teens contract STDs each year?
No
Is adolescence universal?
Subculture, social/economic factors, religious participation
Name 3 factors that influence early sexual activity
Not finishing high school or college, emotional stress, child has higher chance of learning development
Name 3 negative consequences of teen pregnancy
Increased decision making, undefined status, biological growth & development, increased pressure
Name characteristics of adolescents
Alcohol, cigarettes, illegal drugs, medicines
Name some drugs?
Alcohol/drug use, family life, age/gender, trigger event
Name some factors that can lead to teenage suicide?
anticipatory socialization
Playing house as a child is a form of what?
sexually transmitted disease
STD means?
Social integration (SI)
The degree of attachment people have to social groups or to society as a whole?
anticipatory socialization
The learning of rights, obligations, and expectations of a role to prepare for assuming that role in the future?
Adolescence
The period between normal onset of puberty and the beginning of adulthood
Puberty
The physical maturing that makes an individual capable of reproduction?
Homogamy
The tendency of individuals to marry people who have social characteristics similar to their own?
Dating
This is method of socialization, a form of entertainment, and a way to meet basic psychological needs?
12-19
What age does puberty occur in?
STDs, pregnancy, not finish high school
What are 3 consequences of early sexual activity?
Family problems, social/academic issues, friends who use drugs
What are some factors associated with regular drug use in teens?
Youth counterculture, BC invention, feminist movement
What events led to the "sexual revolution" (3)?
Alcohol
What is the most widely used drug among high school seniors?
Puberty
What is universal?
Courtship
What was seen as an event that would eventually lead to marriage?
Cluster effect
When a suicide results in other adolescent suicide attempts in a community?
High/low social integration, periods of social disorganization
When do suicide rates increase?
Dating
Which system is more flexible — dating or courtship?
Willard Waller
Who concluded that casual dating was a form of entertainment that had little to do with mate selection?
What is a drug?
any substance that changes mood, behavior, or consciousness
Dating
the meeting of people as a romantic engagement