Exam 4 chapter 12

An individual is most likely to be murdered by whom?

Families in their own homes

How do most abusive relationships look at the beginning?

They are charming, attentive, and thoughtful; disagreements are glossed over and the relationships look stable and healthy.

Exogamy

refers to marrying someone from a different social group.

Endogamy/exogamy 359 Endogamy

refers to marrying someone from within the same social group.

What happens to marital satisfaction when children are born?

tends to decline when there are small children in the house.

"supermom"

------- run the household doing the laundry, feeding the children, and helping with homework. They often feel unhappy or emotionally numb.

How do male and female life expectancies compare in the United States today?

Current average life expectancy is approximately 78 years with woman living an average of 6 years longer than men.

Dual mothers 366

Have dual workloads without any help to avoid conflicts with spouses and children. They refuse to do certain chores, especially those considered to be generally "men's work" they lower their expectations for cleanliness or quality of childcare; or reducing the number of hours they worked outside the home.

Why are child and elder abuse likely to go unreported?

It goes unnoticed because of the relative powerlessness of their victims and the private settings of the abuse.

Who is more likely to define unrelated roommates as a family?

People who are not romantically involved are significantly more likely to be considered family by those over the age of 65.

o Propinquity 363

Refers geographical proximity; we tend to choose people who live nearby to marry.

Fictive kin

Refers to people who are not related to us through blood or through marriage. They are created through closely knit friendships to the family. In other societies, may be culturally prescribed

How is the family responsible for the reproduction of society? 360

The family is responsible for the reporoduction of society as it produces and socializes children.

Nuclear family

A heterosexual couple in their own household raising children.

Sociological definition of "family"

A social group whose members are bound by some type of tie-legal, biological, emotional, or combination of all three. They may or may not share a household, but family members are interdependent and have a sense of mutual responsibility for one another's care.

Instrumental /expressive tasks

Achieves tangible goals (washing the dishes, fixing the gutters) it is the practice physical tasks necessary to maintain family life.

Domestic violence

Any physical, verbal, financial, sexual, or psychological, behaviors abusers use to gain and maintain power over their victims.

Why do many contemporary sociologists speak of "families" rather than family?

Because "families situations in contemporary societies are so varied and diverse that it simply makes no sociological sense to speak of single family' at all"

What about family would symbolic interactionist be most interested in?

Family members do not merely passively conform to others, but rather actively and creatively construct and modify their roles through interactions. They are the people who care for each other, and who express that care are family, whether they are legally related or not.

The sandwich generation effect 368

Later in life, they [children] may be called on to care for their elderly parent as well as their own offspring.

What factors are involved in forming relationships and selecting mates?

Mates who are similar to us in class, race, ethnicity, age, religion, education, and even levels of attractiveness.

Miscegenation laws 359

Romantic, sexual, or marital relationships between people of different races.

The second shift

The unpaid housework and childcare often expected of woman after they return home from doing paid labor in the workforce.

Why do abusive partners resort to domestic abuse?

They desire to gain power over the victim, and they often blame their victim.

Census definition of "family"

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

How does the birth of children change the gendered division of labor within the household

_______shapes the lives of parents. They exert influence on their parents.

Rates of domestic abuse differ across racial groups

____are about equal across racial and ethnic groups, sexual orientations, and religions.