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SOCIOLOGY OF THE FAMILY

Mid-Term Study Guide


 * This is not a study guide that is representative of all the material that will appear on the mid-term exam. There may be information here that is or is not included as well as information that is missing.  This is only to be used as a way to begin thinking about the major concepts discussed in lecture and recitation.

Chapter One

1.Living alone: Is this a concept that is good or bad? Is there a general conclusion among scholars? Please give evidence to support your points.

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2.True or False: Sociology of the Family is a certain enterprise.

3.Based on your answer in question #2, give three reasons why.

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4.The modern family is moving through “unchartered waters”. What does this mean?

5.There is an increase of both marriage partners working outside of the home. What could these facts mean?

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6.Why is the competitive global economy important?

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7.Why is one income per family not enough?

8.What effects does the competitive global economy have on the family?

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9.What might be the effects of the demographic scenario in 2025?

10.In which country will the “age crisis” hit first?

11.What are some possible solutions to the “age crisis”?

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12.Who is David Popenoe? What is his school of thought?

13.Who are the people who subscribe to the “optimist” perspective? What insight do they give us regarding the family?

14.What is the third perspective on the family? Who subscribes to it? What are its critiques of the pessimists and the optimists?

Chapter Two

1.What is pluralist ignorance?

2.What are ideal norms?

3.What are statistical norms?

4.What is the definition of a nuclear family?

5.Who are Malinowski and Murdoch and why are they important?

6.What is a persistent problem of social science?

7.How was the practice of taking in boarders helpful to the family?

8.Why has this practice declined?

9.What are the implications of the modern, isolated, nuclear family?

Chapter Three

1.List the five theories that guide our study of the family.

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2.What is the basic question that structural-functionalism asks?

3.What functions do the family serve?

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4.Who is the most dominant figure in this field?

5.What are his thoughts on the family?

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6.Which theory is most critical of structural-functionalism?

7.What is this theory’s focus?

8.What is symbolic interaction theory?

9.What is the relationship between social conflict and symbolic interaction?

10.What is social exchange theory?

11.What are the characteristics of a “rational actor”?

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12.Define homogamy.

13.What is the most relevant theory for us in this course?

14.What is its origin?

15.What is its approach?

16.How do we do this?

17.What are the “twists” in this theory?

18.Who are Leonard and Bernstein and what are their contributions?

19.What are the characteristics of the “index person?

20.What is the early therapist goal?

21.What is a genogram?

22.What is an ecomap?

23.What is the difference between the two?

24.What questions might a therapist ask?

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Chapter Four

1.Define stratification.

2.Over time, what are the three modes of subsistence and family forms?

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3.Which form encompasses 99% of human history?

4.What can shed light on gender stratification?

5._______________ is Power.

6.What are the reasons for maintaining a nuclear family in hunting and gathering societies?

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7.Why did agrarian societies develop?

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8.What is the new family form that developed because of agrarian societies?

9.Why?

10.Who has more power in agrarian societies?

11.Why did the modern industrial society develop?

12.Do women gain or lose social power in the modern industrial society?

13.What sometimes happens in poor countries with high male dominance?

14.List and describe some of the horrors that occur to women in the name of “family values”.

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15.How do we explain these “horrors” from the social science perspective?

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16.On a global scale, _________________ + ________________ + ____________ _____________ = Havoc Today

17.How many people live in severe poverty?

18.What percentage are women?

Orphaned Trains

1.Based on the video, why did the orphan relocation program develop?

2.Who is Charles Murray?

3.How did he respond to critics?

Chapter Five

1.Some say urban industrialism is ________________ the family.

2.What do feminists say regarding the urban industrialization on the family?

3.What does Louis Wirth say about the effects of urban industrialization on the family?

4.What did Talcott Parsons say about the effects of industrialization on the family?

5.Describe a “cottage industry”

6.What did he say the two most critical functions of the family are?

7.Who gave sociology its name? When?

8.What do Barrington and Moore say about the modern industrial society and effects on the family?

9.What does C.W Mills say?

10.Why does divorce result according to Mills?

11.Who is Goffman?

12.What is his main idea?

13.Give two examples of “back stage”.

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14.Give two examples of “front stage”.

1.	2. 15.What are the demographic long-term trends over the past century?

16.How do the 1950’s go against this trend?

17.Why?

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18.Why the migration to suburbia?

19.What is “familism”?

20.What is McCarthism?

21.What effects did these two trends have?

22.What do we mean by the “counterfeit decade”?

23.Kennedy’s Administration (1960-63) was known as _______ _______ _____________.

24.Johnson’s Administration (1963-1968) was known as _______ __________ ___________.

25.What were the positives of Johnson’s Administration?