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Cards Term monogamy Definition an economic and legal contract between 2 individuals of the opposite sex over a long period of time Term serial monogamy Definition remarrying Term polygamy Definition having multiple partners Term polygYNY Definition husband having multiple wives Term polyANDRY Definition wife having multiple husbands Term marriage is ____________ related Definition economically Term exogamy Definition marrying outside one's group Term endogamy Definition marrying inside one's group Term Homogamy Definition marrying someone with shared beliefs, values, attitudes, etc. Term higher endogamy = (+ or -) successful marriage Definition +, more successful Term patriarchal Definition male dominated marriage Term matriarchal Definition female dominated marriage Term middle class white families are often (matriarchal or patriarchal)? Definition matriarchal Term lineality patrilineal matrilineal Definition tracing ancestry male line of descent female line of descent Term patrilocal Definition living with husband's parents Term matrilocal Definition living with wife's parents Term neolocal Definition living in a new location after marriage, with noone's parents Term the american white middle class family is (patri/matriarchal), (patri/matrilineal) and (patri/matri/neolocal)? Definition matriarchal patrilineal neolocal Term consanguine family Definition blood related, more adults than kids, works well in farming cultures, multi-generational!!! Term nuclear/ conjugal family Definition children and blood relatives are marginal; came into existance in the industrial age Term primary group Definition lends sense of belonging/identity, high level of emotion, frequent contact, serves a social function:security and socialization of child. Term secondary group Definition no emotional close constant contact,etc... Term family as primary group Definition division of labor, everyone knew what they had to do, old days Term family as secondary group Definition nowdays, interaction with peer groups, both parents work, family members now have multiple socialization groups outside the home.... family can become a secondary group Term change and the futile cycle Definition keeps large populations in check, life follows nature, not much change, where you're born in society is where you stay Term KARL MARX AND CONFLICT THEORY Definition chaos causes disagreement, person A has a thesis, person B and antithesis, they compromise and come to a synthesis, the cycle repeats itself Term developmental theory Definition change occurs on a step by step basis, like going up steps Term schools reflect the ____ of a culture Definition values Term social change Definition evolutionary. occurs when majority of individuals assume new status and play new roles Term cultural change Definition Revolutionary. occurs when values and ideas guiding normal behavior are altered by new discoveries, etc. Term alvin toffler's future shock Definition rate of technology increases so fast it doesnt allow for values to change as well. so social/personal change lags behind technological change Term Charles Reich's greeting of america Definition people adjust their own values but social institutions have not yet, so social institutions lag behind personal change Term Marshal mclaughan: what was his theories? Definition theories on effects of the media: THE WAY YOU TELL SOMEONE SOMETHING DETERMINES HOW THEY WILL REACT! (SEE MEDIA TYPES) Term Aural society Definition tactile, sensual, emotional, all at once to communicate, pre literate Term Lunear society Definition written society, sequential, one thought at a time Term Media types Definition Hot: printed word, produces an individual reaction (lunear) Cool: tv, produces group reaction (aural) Term MASLOW'S THEORY OF CHANGE Definition Pyramid of needs. now a beaker heated by culture. Culture creates noise which fuels your behavior, therefore SOCIETY IS INDUCING BEHAVIOR Term purpose of a genogram Definition used to trace medical and familial histories Term 3 types of social change Definition futile, conflict, developmental Term 3 types of culture Definition post figurative co figurative pre figurative Term post figurative culture Definition non literate, knowledge passed from parent generation to child generation Term co-figurative culture Definition knowledge learned by all generations at the same time Term pre figurative culture Definition knowledge passed from child generation to parent generation our culture!