Fad2230 Exam 1 Study Guide
Chapter 1: Why Study Families & Other Close Relationships
Family: a relationship by blood, marriage, or affection, in which members may cooperate economically, may care for children, & may consider their identity to be intimately connected to the larger group.
The U.S. Census Bureau
Two or more people living together who are related by birth, marriage, or adoption.
Family of Orientation: the family that you are born into.
Family of procreation: the Family you make through marriage, partnering, &/or parenthood.
Fictive kin: Nonrelatives whose bonds are strong & intimate.
Marriage: an institutional agreement between persons to publicly recognize social & intimate bonds.
William Stevens
Socially legitimate sexual union
Begun with a public announcement
Undertaken with some idea of permanence
Assumed with a more or less explicit marriage contract that, spells out reciprocal obligations between spouses & their children.
Functions across all cultures
Regulation of Sexual Behavior
Incest taboo
Reproducing & Socializing Children
Socialization: the process by which people learn the rules, expectations, & culture of the society.
Property & inheritance
Monogamy
Economic cooperation
Social Placement, Status, & Roles
Care, Warmth, Protection, & Intimacy
Social Structure: stable framework of social relationships that guides our interactions with others.
Micro-level: Focus on the individual & his or her interactions in specific settings.
Personal choices
Behaviors
Feelings
Communication
Decisions
Constraints
Values
Macro-level: focus on the interconnectedness of marriage, families, & intimate relationships with the rest of society.
Social institution: major sphere of social life, with a set of beliefs & rules that is organized to meet basic human needs.
Economy
Political system
Dominant religion
Culture
History
Power/inequality
Social status
Status: the social position that a person occupies.
Sex
Race
Ethnicity
Social class
Social
Family: a relationship by blood, marriage, or affection, in which members may cooperate economically, may care for children, & may consider their identity to be intimately connected to the larger group.
The U.S. Census Bureau
Two or more people living together who are related by birth, marriage, or adoption.
Family of Orientation: the family that you are born into.
Family of procreation: the Family you make through marriage, partnering, &/or parenthood.
Fictive kin: Nonrelatives whose bonds are strong & intimate.
Marriage: an institutional agreement between persons to publicly recognize social & intimate bonds.
William Stevens
Socially legitimate sexual union
Begun with a public announcement
Undertaken with some idea of permanence
Assumed with a more or less explicit marriage contract that, spells out reciprocal obligations between spouses & their children.
Functions across all cultures
Regulation of Sexual Behavior
Incest taboo
Reproducing & Socializing Children
Socialization: the process by which people learn the rules, expectations, & culture of the society.
Property & inheritance
Monogamy
Economic cooperation
Social Placement, Status, & Roles
Care, Warmth, Protection, & Intimacy
Social Structure: stable framework of social relationships that guides our interactions with others.
Micro-level: Focus on the individual & his or her interactions in specific settings.
Personal choices
Behaviors
Feelings
Communication
Decisions
Constraints
Values
Macro-level: focus on the interconnectedness of marriage, families, & intimate relationships with the rest of society.
Social institution: major sphere of social life, with a set of beliefs & rules that is organized to meet basic human needs.
Economy
Political system
Dominant religion
Culture
History
Power/inequality
Social status
Status: the social position that a person occupies.
Sex
Race
Ethnicity
Social class
Social