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sociologial, what is a family?

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two or more people related by blood, marriage, or adoption

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frank, jim, martha, and louise occupy the same apartment, sharing routine chores such as cooking, cleaning, and laudnry. each contricutes a share of their earnings to pay utilities and food costs. sociologists would describe this group as a _______.

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household

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sociologically, what is the immediate family of husband, wife, and children called who live apart from other kin?

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the nuclear family

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in bongo bongo, male members of the tribe may each legally have three wives. this is a family relationship defined as ___________?

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polygyny

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john was adopted as an infant by the Smiths, and has always considered them his real family. what do socilogists classify the Smith family as it is regarded by John?

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it is his family of orientation

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in some native american tribes, what transpires when a male warrior takes on a berdache?

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he has accepts a spouse who is another man who now takes on all the responsibilities of a women

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in some tribal societies it is highly encouraged for the son or daughter of one tribe to marry the son or daughter of a neighboring or rival tribe to build camaraderie and form an alliance. this pattern of marital behavior is called___?

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exogamy

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in the united states and many other parts of the world, the common practice is for whites to marry whites, African Americans to marry African Americans, and members of specific social classes to marry within their class. this marital practice is called___?

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endogamy

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it is still customary in the U.S. society for a bride to accept her husband's last name and for the bride's family to pay for the wedding. what is the line of authority this represents?

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patriarchy

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why do functionalists argue that the incest taboo is a nearly universal norm?

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the incest taboo facilitates the socialization of children and avoids role confusion.

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which of the following family situations is most likely to result in emotional overload?

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john and Diane live in the suburbs with their only child, John Jr.

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bertha has just turned 16 and has caught the special interest of her father because she looks just as attractive and sexy as her mother did when they first dated. berthas mother has noticed this and now feels like a maid, not a wife and mother. what do sociologists call this condition of a father seeing his daughter as a possible sexual interest, and a wife feeling as though she is a maid, rather than a wife and mother?

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role confusion

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of the following household responsibilities, in which category is there the greatest gap in hours between the husbands duties and the wife's duties?

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paid work

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husbands remain primarily responsible for earing the income and wives are primarily responsible for the house and children. this is an arrangement sociologists call ___?

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the gendered division of labor

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the feeling of sexual attraction and idealization of another is called?

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romantic love

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in the united states, what is the choice of a marriage partner most dependent upon?

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it is influenced by age, education, class, race, and religion

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based on the research, romantic love consists of what two components?

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emotional and cognitive

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what is the single greatest influence of marital homogamy?

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propinquity

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what state had the most extreme penalty for interracial marriage?

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Mississippi

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Maria and Brian recently gave birth to their first child. based on sociological findings, what is the likely change in the marital satisfaction that Maria and Brian feel towards on another?

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it will decrease

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among married couple, who is the most likely to care for preschoolers when both parents work outside the home?

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organized child care facilities

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in his research on family, what did sociologist Melvin Kohn discover about how parents socialize their children?

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it is often based upon the norms of their work environment

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Ivan is the son of working class parents. what is the likely method his parents will use in his rearing?

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they will set limits, then permit him to choose his activities of interest

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the not so empty nest is a phrase refer to when children

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who have moved out s young adults, then return to live with their parents

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the stage of life before adulthood during which a new trend of children staying home longer is becoming common is referred to as_____?

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adultolescents

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Marianne and her children live in a neighborhood where all the families share their resources wen someone needs help. the neighbors also consider themselves to be an extended family. sociologists would descrie them as ____?

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fictive kin

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the group with the highest percentage of one parent families with a female head of household is ____< and the group with the lowest percentage of one parent families with a female head of house hold is___?

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African americans, and Asian americans

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of the following, in which group is a woman more likely to marry a man with less education than she has?

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African americans

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the group with the highest percentage of families headed by a married couple is ____, and what with the lowest is ____?

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Asian americans, and African americans

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in professor jones social problems course, the students interact freely with one another, think of themselves as "Dr. J's class," and feels they are significant because of their mutual interest in social reform. which concept best describes Dr. Jones' class?

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group

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what term best applies to people who share a culture and a territory?

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a society

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what are the two characteristics a people must share to qualify as a society?

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the same culture and the same territory

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although, it is the most egalitarian, what was the one social division common to all hutting and gathering societies?

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prestige based in male labor

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which society is characterized as being the most egalitarian and nomadic, consisting of 25 to 40 members?

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the hunting and gathering society

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the first social revolution, namely the domestication of animals and plants, occurred approximately ____ years ago.

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10,000

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the plow was to the second social revolution as the ____ was to the third social revolution.

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invention of the steam engine

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what was the impetus for the first social revolution?

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the domestication of plants and animals

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which society was the first to develop permanent settlements?

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the horticultural society

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with the domestication of plants and animals, a number of significant social changes occurred. all of the following represent on of these changes, except for which one?

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societies became more egalitarian

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the "dawn of civilization" is most associated with which social revolution?

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agricultural

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which of the following set the stage for the emergencies of the earliest form of social inequality?

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the domestication revolution

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which sociologist suggested that gender inequality became more pronounced with the development of the plow, as men assumed the duties of plowing and caring for the cattle?

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Elise Boulding

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why did the creation of the industrial society lead to greater social inequality?

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he new technology was far more efficient than anything that preceded it, leading to larger surpluses and greater inequality.

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a society that is based on the harnessing of machines powered by fuels is called ____ society?

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industrial

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the ____ is to the postindustrial society as the ___ is to the emerging biotech society.

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microchip, decoding of the human genome system

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what is the key feature of postindustrial societies as it relates to the work force?

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the transmission and use of information services dominates the work force

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which was the first nation to have an excess of 50 percent of its workforce in service industries.

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the united states

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some social analysts believe that postindustrial society will be followed by a biotech society. such a society would be characterized by ____.

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an economy centering around the application of genetic structures

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sociologically, what term best applies to a group of people who share no common destination taking an elevator fro the first floor of a large high rise?

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a category

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there are New York Yankee fans in every state of America, throughout Canada, and in nations all over the world. sociologically, which concept best describes these fans?

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they are a category

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which phrase best describes primary groups as Charles Cooley envisioned them?

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the springs of life

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a group characterized by intimate, long term, face to face association and cooperation is referred to as a ____?

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primary group

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of the following groups, the ___ plays the most significant role In the development of the self?

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primary group

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if a secondary group does not satisfy one's need for intimate association, which of the following is most likely to occur?

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the secondary group will break down into primary grops

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Kody is a member of the L.A. Crips. the other gangs in his territory are the Bloods and Satan's slaves. Kody feels very antagonistic towards the Bloods and the Slaves. for Kody, these two rival groups would e considered ____?

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out groups

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because of our sense of belonging and loyalty to in groups, we often judge or own groups traits as virtues, but view the same traits in other groups as vices. this judgment of superiority is an example of?

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a double standard

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for may college professors, their own teachers served as role models. Kody Scott looked up to older gang members as his idols. in both cases, former teachers and older gang members qualify as being?

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reference groups

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Jane, mark, Courtney, and Kelly are enrolled in the 8:00 a.. sociology course at their college. after studying together for the first test, they started sitting together in class and chose to work together on group projects. during spring break, the decided to go on a trip as a group. these four would be considered members of a ___?

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clique

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_______are the social ties that radiate outward from the self and link people together.

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social networks

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