Chapter Eleven

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Chapter Eleven
The Family
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What would you look for in a spouse?
Whats your dream man/woman like?
How many of these traits do you have?
What would life be like without families?
What is your definition of a family?
Family A group of people related by marriage,
blood or tradition
Marriage A legal union based on mutual rights
and obligations
Nuclear Family Family structure composed of one
or both parents and children
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Extended Family Two or more adult generations
of the same family whose members share economic
resources and a common household
Patrilineal v. Matrilineal v. Bilateral
Patriarchy v. Matriarchy v. Equalitarian
Patrilocal v. Matrilocal v. Neolocal
Monogamy v. Polygamy v. Polygyny v. Polyandry
Exogamy v. Endogamy v. Homogamy v. Heterogamy
Incest Taboo A norm forbidding marriage between
close relatives
Fig. 11.2 pg. 354 What are these pie charts
showing us?
Do you think you will marry someone of a
different race?
Think back to your dream spousewhat if someone
had all of those traits, but was from a different
race?
Pg. 355 4
Answers A-H, B-Ex, C-H, D-Ex, E-En, F-H
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What role do families play in socialization?
Socioemotional maintenance Provision of
acceptance and support
Fig. 11.3 Pg. 358 Do you mostly agree or
disagree?
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Which ones are the easiest to agree with?
Which ones are the hardest to believe?
What is the reproductive role of families?
How does the family regulate sexual activity?
How did this experiment make you feel?
Conflict v. Symbolic Interactionism
Answers A-F, B-F, C-SI, D-SI, E-C, F-F
Pg. 361 1
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Do you think the experiment on page 362 is a
reliable one?
What is the best way to decide who to marry?
Love?
Family Gains?
Arranged Marriage?
If marrying for love is the best waywhy do we
have some of the highest divorces rates in the
world?
Fig. 11. 5 pg. 364 do A,B,C
Marriage Rate The of marriages per year for
every 1000 members of a population
Divorce Rate The of divorces per year for
every 1000 members of a population
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What generalizations can you make from Snapshot
of America about marriage rates? (pg. 365)
What are some factors that influence why people
get divorced?
Does their future of marriage make sense to you?
Abuse
Is it common?
Is it always against women?
What type of abuse to women usually use?
Is it always physical?
What is the most common type of family abuse?
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Abuse Quiz
Wife battering is a predominantly lower class
phenomenon T/F
False, wealthy women tend to hid their injuries
Wife battering occurs more often in some ethnic
groups than in others T/F
False, it is a result of unequal power, not
ethnicity
Alcohol is the main cause of domestic violence
T/F
False, however being under the influence usually
gives the abuser an excuse for what they have done
Women who are battered must be crazy or neurotic
T/F
False, studies show no difference, but women may
adopt behaviors labeled as crazy to protect
themselves
Once a battered woman, always a battered woman
T/F
False, most women who escape abusive
relationships are careful to choose a different
type of relationship in the future
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Blended family A family formed when at least
one of the partners in a marriage has been
married before and has a child or children from a
previous marriage
What are problems of a blended family?
25 of children live in a single parent family
Why are most single parent families headed by
women?
What are the effects on the adolescents of single
parent families?
Adolescent Youths from the ages of 12-17
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Historically, childless couples were looked down
uponDINKS
Why would childless couples have been looked down
upon?
Are childless marriages happier?
Dual-Employed marriages Marriages in which both
spouses work outside the home
Pros v. Cons
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Pg. 376-377 Focus on Research
Is spanking your children okay or not?
Cohabitation A marriage like living arrangement
without the legal obligations and
responsibilities of formal marriage
Is this an acceptable alternative to marriage?
How do you feel about same-sex domestic partners?
Why are more people choosing to remain single?
Boomerang kids Adult children who return to the
home of origin or who continue to live with
parents
Why would they?
What will the future of families look like?
Small groups have to agree on family rules
dealing with chores, curfew, dating, allowance,
time with family, and who are their friends