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SOCY 305
Exam 2
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Sociology
Undergraduate 1
10/13/2011

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institutional marriage
Definition
marriage in which the emphasis is on male authority, duty and conformity to social norms
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social constructionist perspective
Definition
belief that human sexuality is entirely socially constructed
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pure relationship
Definition
intimate relationship entered into for its own sake and lasts only as long as both partners are satisfied
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doing gender
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continually enforcing gender stereotypes on a daily basis, conforming to traditional gender roles, achieved property, expectations on how women and men should behave
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role overload
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state of having too many roles with conflicting demands
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social capital
Definition
resources that a person can access through interactions, economic advantage by virtue of the structure of his/her relationships with other people
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integrative perspective
Definition
belief that human sexuality is determined by both social and biological factors, nature AND nurture
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intersectionality
Definition
extent to which peoples’ lives are affected by overlapping systems of class, race and gender-based disadvantages, often uses feminine model
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immigrant enclave
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large, dense, single-ethnic group, almost self-sufficient community
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selection effect
Definition
principle that whenever individuals sort themselves into groups non-randomly, differences among the groups will reflect preexisting individual differences
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spillover
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when stressful events in one part of a person’s daily life influence other parts of her or his life
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fundamental change in marriage in the 20th century
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Shift toward allowing individuals to achieve a more fulfilling sense of self, marriage is a CHOICE
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rules in courtship
Definition
publicly visible, has rules and restrictions
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primary component of early system of dating
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man paid for woman's company
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factors in changing the nature of marriage from companionship to individualization?
Definition
rise in standard of living, increasing economic independence of young women, women exposing themselves to new ideas
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components of institutional marriage
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strict roles dictating how one is to behave within the family unit
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cohabitation
Definition
alternative way of being single or married, testing ground for marriage
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advantages of marriage
Definition
marriage acts as a symbol of status, enables couples to make joint purchases, increases likelihood that a child will be raised by two parents
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critical aspect that distinguishes middle class families as either white or black
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Assets: savings, investments, home ownership
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Why is "Hispanic" considered useless?
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Too general, lumps together new and old immigrants, stereotype that all Hispanics are illegal immigrants
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What groups of people differ in language, religion, alphabet and physical features?
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Asian-Americans, ethnic groups
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transnational mothers
Definition
financially provide for their children from afar, believing it is in their best interest
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whiteness as an ethnicity
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Most derived from European immigrants, whiteness is not an inherent characteristic of these people, appears to provide power and privilege
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How are sexual identities socially constructed?
Definition
differ from culture to culture
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most likely to show a link between biology and homosexuality?
Definition
genetics and sexuality, identical twins raised in the same home
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queer theory
Definition
Sexual life is artificially organized to reflect power of heterosexual norms, the norms we have concerning both heterosexuality and homosexuality
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changes in sexual activity since the start of the century
Definition
Weakened the role of marriage as the core of family life, people could have sex outside of marriage without a huge stigma
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what helped transition sex-as-reproduction to sex-as-pleasure?
Definition
modern methods of contraception: condoms and birth control
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characteristic of most couples today
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sexually monogamous
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how is human sexuality determined, according to social constructionists?
Definition
Entirely through social interaction, allows for differences
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