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02/08/2006

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