SOCL 2001 TIM SLACK EXAM WITH
100% CORRECT ANSWERS
Family - correct answers ✔✔A group of individuals related to one another by bloodd ties,
marriage, or adoption, who form an economic unit, the adult members of which are often
responsible for the upbringing od children. All societies have some form of a family system
Kinship - correct answers ✔✔A relation that links individuals through blood ties, marriage, or
adoption
Marriage - correct answers ✔✔A socially and legally approved sexual relationship between two
individuals
Nuclear family - correct answers ✔✔A family group consisting of an adult or an adult couple
and their dependant children
Extended family - correct answers ✔✔A family group consisting of more than two generations
of relatives
Family of orientation - correct answers ✔✔The family into which an individual is born or
adopted
Family of procreation - correct answers ✔✔The family of an individual initiates through
marriage or by having children
Matrilocal family - correct answers ✔✔A family system in which the husband is expected to live
near the wife's parents
,Patrilocal family - correct answers ✔✔A family system in which the wife is expected to live near
the husbands parents
Monogamy - correct answers ✔✔A form of marriage in which each married partner is allowed
only one spouse at any given time
Polygamy - correct answers ✔✔A form of marriage in which a person may have two or more
spouses simultaniously
Polygyny - correct answers ✔✔A form of marriage in which a man may have two or more wives
simultaniously
Polyandry - correct answers ✔✔A form of marriage in which a woman may have two or more
husbands simultaniously
Primary socialization - correct answers ✔✔Talcott Parson's one of the two main functions of a
family - the process by which children learn the cultural noems of the society into which they
are born. Primary socialization occurs mostly in the home
Personality stabilization - correct answers ✔✔Talcott Parson's one of the two main functions of
a family - According to the theory of functionalism, the family plays a crucial role in assisting its
adult members emotionally. Marriage between adults is the arrangement through which adult
personalities are supported and kept healthy
Functionalist perspective - correct answers ✔✔Sees society as a set of social institutions that
preform specific functions to ensure continuity and consensus. Nuclear Families help society -
"conventional families" function best in society according to Parsons - husband is breadwinner
and woman is emotional caregiver
Feminist perspective - correct answers ✔✔Focus on the domestic devision of labor, unequal
power relationships, and caring activities
, "the problem with no name" - correct answers ✔✔- Betty Friedan on the isolation and boredom
of housewives
Domestic devision of labor - correct answers ✔✔Part of the feminist perspective that puts focus
on the devision of labor in a heterosexual household. Studies found women put in more hours
of unpaid labor and have less hours of leisure despite still working outside of the home
unequal power relationships - correct answers ✔✔Part of the feminist perspective that puts
focus on domestic violence, wife battering, marital rape, incest, and sexual abuse of children
caring activities - correct answers ✔✔Part of the feminist perspective that puts focus on the
broad realm that encompasses child care to elder care - which are among some of the lowest
paying jobs - typically held by women of color and immigrants
Skip generation households - correct answers ✔✔Homes that grandparents are taking care of
children
Coontz on family - correct answers ✔✔families in the past weren't nearly as sweet and kind as
we often picture them. Women were normally banned to the home, men were cheaters, and
death rates were much higher. Ststistically, Chilldren by the age of 21 had already seen a parent
death
William J Goode - important changes characterizing family change - correct answers ✔✔1. small
family groups based on heredity, and other types of kin groups are declining in influence
2. There is a general trend toward the free choice of a spouse
3. Womens rights is being more recognized
4. Kin marriages are becoming less common
5. Sexual freedom is developing in restrictive societies
6. Birth rates are declining
100% CORRECT ANSWERS
Family - correct answers ✔✔A group of individuals related to one another by bloodd ties,
marriage, or adoption, who form an economic unit, the adult members of which are often
responsible for the upbringing od children. All societies have some form of a family system
Kinship - correct answers ✔✔A relation that links individuals through blood ties, marriage, or
adoption
Marriage - correct answers ✔✔A socially and legally approved sexual relationship between two
individuals
Nuclear family - correct answers ✔✔A family group consisting of an adult or an adult couple
and their dependant children
Extended family - correct answers ✔✔A family group consisting of more than two generations
of relatives
Family of orientation - correct answers ✔✔The family into which an individual is born or
adopted
Family of procreation - correct answers ✔✔The family of an individual initiates through
marriage or by having children
Matrilocal family - correct answers ✔✔A family system in which the husband is expected to live
near the wife's parents
,Patrilocal family - correct answers ✔✔A family system in which the wife is expected to live near
the husbands parents
Monogamy - correct answers ✔✔A form of marriage in which each married partner is allowed
only one spouse at any given time
Polygamy - correct answers ✔✔A form of marriage in which a person may have two or more
spouses simultaniously
Polygyny - correct answers ✔✔A form of marriage in which a man may have two or more wives
simultaniously
Polyandry - correct answers ✔✔A form of marriage in which a woman may have two or more
husbands simultaniously
Primary socialization - correct answers ✔✔Talcott Parson's one of the two main functions of a
family - the process by which children learn the cultural noems of the society into which they
are born. Primary socialization occurs mostly in the home
Personality stabilization - correct answers ✔✔Talcott Parson's one of the two main functions of
a family - According to the theory of functionalism, the family plays a crucial role in assisting its
adult members emotionally. Marriage between adults is the arrangement through which adult
personalities are supported and kept healthy
Functionalist perspective - correct answers ✔✔Sees society as a set of social institutions that
preform specific functions to ensure continuity and consensus. Nuclear Families help society -
"conventional families" function best in society according to Parsons - husband is breadwinner
and woman is emotional caregiver
Feminist perspective - correct answers ✔✔Focus on the domestic devision of labor, unequal
power relationships, and caring activities
, "the problem with no name" - correct answers ✔✔- Betty Friedan on the isolation and boredom
of housewives
Domestic devision of labor - correct answers ✔✔Part of the feminist perspective that puts focus
on the devision of labor in a heterosexual household. Studies found women put in more hours
of unpaid labor and have less hours of leisure despite still working outside of the home
unequal power relationships - correct answers ✔✔Part of the feminist perspective that puts
focus on domestic violence, wife battering, marital rape, incest, and sexual abuse of children
caring activities - correct answers ✔✔Part of the feminist perspective that puts focus on the
broad realm that encompasses child care to elder care - which are among some of the lowest
paying jobs - typically held by women of color and immigrants
Skip generation households - correct answers ✔✔Homes that grandparents are taking care of
children
Coontz on family - correct answers ✔✔families in the past weren't nearly as sweet and kind as
we often picture them. Women were normally banned to the home, men were cheaters, and
death rates were much higher. Ststistically, Chilldren by the age of 21 had already seen a parent
death
William J Goode - important changes characterizing family change - correct answers ✔✔1. small
family groups based on heredity, and other types of kin groups are declining in influence
2. There is a general trend toward the free choice of a spouse
3. Womens rights is being more recognized
4. Kin marriages are becoming less common
5. Sexual freedom is developing in restrictive societies
6. Birth rates are declining
