Chapter One The Family- Diversity, Inequality and Social Change – Flashcards
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census
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A periodic count of people in a population and their characteristics, usually performed as an official government function.
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Household
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A group of people that lives and eats separately from other groups.
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Institutional Arena
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A social space in which relations between people in common positions are governed by accepted rules of interaction.
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Family Arena
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The institutional arena where people practice intimacy, childbearing and socialization, and caring work.
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State
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The institutional arena where, through political means behavior is legally regulated, violence is controlled, and resources are redistributed.
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Market
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The institutional arena where labor for pay, economic exchange, and wealth accumulation takes place.
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Concensus perspective
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A perspective that projects an image of society as the collective expression of shared norms and values.
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Breadwinner- Homemaker Family
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An employed father, a non-employed mother and their children.
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Conflict Perspective
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The view that opposition and conflict define a given society and are necessary for social evolution.
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Feminist Theory
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A theory that seeks to understand and ultimately reduce inequality between men and women.
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Socialization
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The process by which individuals internalize elements of the social structure in their own personalities.
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Exchange Theory
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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.
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Symbolic Interactionism
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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.
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Modernity Theory
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A theory of the historical emergence of the individual as an actor in society and how individually changed personal and institutional relationships.
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Family Wage
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The amount necessary for a male earner to provide subsistence for his wife and children without them having to work for pay.
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Demographic Perspective
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The study of how family behavior and household structures contribute to larger population processes.
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Life Course Perspective
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The study of the family trajectories of individuals and groups as they progress through their lives, in a social and historical context.
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Cohort
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A group of people who experience an event together at the same point in time.
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Bias
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The tendency to impose previously held views on the collection and interpretation of facts.
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Sample Survey
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A research method in which identical questions are asked of many different people and their answers gathered into one large data file.
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Longitudinal Surveys
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A research method in which the same people are interviewed repeatedly over a period of time.
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Time Use studies
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Surveys that collect data on how people spend their time during a sample period, such as a single day or week.
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