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concept developed by C. Wright Mills. Central to process of sociological inquiry. Process of connecting history (and structure) to biography.
individual lives/ actions heavily influences by social forces. part of understanding these forces requires understanding the historical period in which they occur |
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| troubles arise because they are social, and thus, while providing some orangization and groundness to society, they are also largley constraining to individual lives |
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| distingiuish sociology from other social sciences? |
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| the extent to which the study measure what it is intended to measure and provide an accurate account of the social world |
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| likelihood of getting the same results if you were to replicate the study |
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| the extent to which we can claim our findings inform us about group larger than the one we studied. |
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ordered series of close-ended questions intended to used to collect of information from a sample of individuals.
repsonse rate: out of all the surveys a reasearcher has distributed the proportion that were completed and returned - is essential to validity. |
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| qualitative method of fathering information from a set of individuals via a set of open ended questions; dynamic is much like 'conversation' |
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| (like nat-sci) quanti. techq. for answering questions about the effect on variable on another under conditions that can be manipulated by the reasearcher. A control and treatment group. |
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| qual. techq. by which researchers observe people and interact with them in their normal environment; an attempt to see the social world as a research |
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| Zimbardo's Prison Experiment |
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| assigned either guard or prisoner and assume those roles. Socio-psychological experiment. Effect of role assignment on thoughts, identity and behavior. |
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| Socialization as a primary purpose of the family? |
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| family as a social construction |
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| normative meanings in which inform our idea of what people should be and how they should act in a particular context. Debated through social mechanism such as politics, the media and the law. |
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| conventional definition of family |
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| two or more person's who are related by birth, marriage or adoption, who live together as one household. |
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| four schools of thought in 'family wars' |
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| conservatist, liberalist, centrist, feminist |
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| too much individualism, need to focus on community |
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| family changes due to economic and demographic changes: accepting of new gender roles / family values |
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| women have asserted right to enter workforce, resulting acceptance of different family structures a positive outcome |
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| institutions affecting the family |
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| military, religion, economy (two incomes), family and medical leave act |
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| family system is made in order to survive. Each "part" is designed to bring about order and harmony to the family unit. Why do familes? how does society affect families? How do families organize themselves to perform functions? Is there one type of family that is best or one type of society that is best for reproducing the family? |
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nautral and inevitable part of human interaction. coercion competition and conflict are as much a part of the family as interdepndence, unit and nurturance. Power is the foundation of all relationships; values and ideas are used by some groups to advance own ends rather than advance society.
ex. Husband thinks Tiger Mom is being too hard.
ex. Tiger Mom wants kids to prepare for the difficult world. |
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| family is seen as essential for survival, but not for emotional support or socialization purposes. All members of society by nature seek to ensure the continuation of their genetic material throughout generations. |
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| individuals create society |
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| non-wage economy, and consequent family structure |
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| work outside home / # of children decreases / present day idea of 'childhood arises' / reason for marriage changes to 'love' |
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| women took over 'men's jobs', marriage, birth rates up during war / divorce rates soar after |
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| emphasis on 'domestic sphere' for women. Increased alcohol and prescription drug use and therapy among this population |
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| division of labor challenged |
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| service economy: facotry jobs no longer vial for matching cost of living / postponing marriage for education |
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| service economy / technological economy: education basic requirement, but not same returns as earlier |
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| multigeneration or lateral |
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| blended or stepfamilies (brady bunch) |
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| marriages does not depend on a legal ritual |
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| continuum as to how much influence a couple has in who they will marry. Virginity must sometimes be proven by blood stained sheets. |
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biological ties valued than marriage. more likely to find extended, monogamous, non-family adoptions,and non-residence among spouses.
Ex. Kenya and New Guinea, men live in a central house with other men and visit wife and kids |
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| marriage more important than biological. More likely to find a nuclear family arrangement that serves as the foundation of family life. Consequently relationships are monogamous and families share a residence |
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