Sociology Chapter 12

Which theoretical approach views marriage as constructed through rituals and everyday interactions?

symbolic interactionism

Expressive tasks

the emotional work necessary to support family members (such as remembering a relative's birthday or playing with the children)

Instrumental tasks

the practical physical tasks necessary to maintain family life (such as washing dishes and cutting grass)

Monogamy

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

Antimiscegenation

the prohibition of interracial marriage, cohabitation, or sexual interaction

Propinquity

the tendency to marry or have relationships with people in close geographic proximity

Endogamy

to marriage to someone within one's social group (such as race, ethnicity, class, education, religion, region, or nationality)

Since 2005, the majority of American adults are _____

unmarried

Second shift

unpaid labor inside the home that is often expected of women after they get home from working at paid labor outside the home

Exogamy

marriage to someone from a different social group.

Which of the following is NOT a current trend in the population of American families?

There are more married couples.

Polygamy

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

Polyamory

a system of multiple-person partnership

nuclear family

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

Feminist and queer theorists examine...

how assumptions about gender and sexuality affect family relationships

extended family

large group of kin, including at least three generations living either in one household or in close proximity.

According to sociologists, a family is defined as a social group whose members are bound by

legal, biological, emotional ties, or a combination of all three

Homogamy

like marries like