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Sociology 222 Exam 1

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the study of ancestry and family history   genealogy  
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groups of related people, bound by connections that are biological, legal, or emotional   families  
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Family _______ is recognized both informally by common practice and formally by law.   authority  
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The people to whom we feel related nd who we expect to define us as member of their family as well. Give example.   personal family; ex. parents/siblings/anyone else you think of as member of family  
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A group of individuals related by birth, marriage, or adoption. Give example.   legal family; parents/siblings/grandparents, etc  
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a social space in which relations between people in common positions are governed by accepted rules of interaction. Give example   institutional arena; traditional roles within a family, including requiring parents to feed, clothe, and care for children and children are expected to obey parents  
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the institutional arena where people practice intimacy, childbearing, and socialization, and caring work   family arena  
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a periodic count of people in a population and their characteristics, usually performed as an official government function   census  
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a group of people who live and eat separately from other groups   household  
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What is a census family?   Census takers use the legal definition of family but with one qualification: a family lives together in one household  
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Are students living in dorms or military personnel living abroad counted as part of their family's household?   No because they do not live in the same household  
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How has the Census's definition of family changed over time?   In 1880s, the man/husband was head of the family;all other people in household were family (including servants and boarders); now there is no "head" thanks to feminists, same-sex marriages are now families, as well (2015)  
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the institutional arena where, through political means, behavior is legally regulated, violence is controlled, and resources are redistributed.   state (ex. granting marriage licenses, facilitating divorces, taxes)  
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the institutional arena where labor for pay, economic exchange, and wealth accumulation take place   market (ex. decision to work or be SAHM, day care costs, etc.)  
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a perspective that projects a image of society as the collective expression of shared norms and values   consensus perspective  
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This theory often assumes there is a good reason for things to be the way they are and tries to explain them based on this premise; focuses on stability, rather than change (part of consensus perspective)   structural functionism  
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Def: an employed father, a nonemployed mother, and their children   breadwinner-homemaker family  
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The view that opposition and conflict define a given society and are necessary for social evolution   conflict perspective  
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a theory that seeks to understand and ultimately reduce inequality between men and women(part of conflict perspective)   feminist theory  
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the process by which individuals internalize elements of the social structure in their own personalities   socialization  
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the theory that individuals or groups with different resources, strengths, and weaknesses enter into mutual relationships to maximize their own gains (part of consensus perspective)   exchange theory  
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a theory concerned with the ability of humans to see themselves through the eyes of others and to enact social roles based on others' expectations   symbolic interaction  
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a theory of the historical emergence of the individual as an actor in society and how individuality changed personal and institutional relations   modernity theory  
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up until 1960s - gradual change in family behavior, including increasing age at 1st marriage, fewer children in families, fewer people living in extended families, more choice in spouse selection, but idea of "normal" family stayed intact   first modernity  
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1970s - diversity and individuality in family structures   second modernity  
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the amount necessary for a male earner to make to allow for the subsistence of wife/kids without them having to work for pay.   family wage  
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