1. write down your definition of “family”. list the roles of the people in your family, for...
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1. Write down your definition of “family”. List the roles of the people in your family, for example
mother, father, uncle, aunt.
2. Form a group of two or three people and compare definitions.
Compare the list of roles. What are the similarities? What are the differences?
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• A collective body of persons who live in one house and under one head or management. .
• A family comprises a father, mother, and children.
• In a wider sense, it may include domestic servants; all who live in one house under one head.
• In a still broader sense, a group of blood-relatives; all the relations who descend from a common ancestor.
• ”Family,” in its origin, meant “servants;” but, in its more modern and comprehensive meaning, it signifies a collective body of persons living together in one house, or within the curtilage.
Law Dictionary: What is FAMILY? definition of FAMILY (Black's Law Dictionary)
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◦A relationship by blood, marriage, or affection, in which members
◦ may cooperate economically, ◦ may care for any children, and ◦ may consider their identity to be intimately connected to the larger group
◦Family of Orientation: Family you were born into
◦Family of Procreation: Family you make through marriage, partnering, and/or parenthood
◦Fictive Kin: Nonrelatives whose bonds are strong and intimate
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• Regulation of Sexual Behavior• Reproducing and Socializing Children• Property and Inheritance• Economic Cooperation• Social Placement, Status, and Roles• Care, Warmth, Protection, and
Intimacy
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Varies from culture to cultureWestern Nations
MonogamySerial monogamy
African, Arab, & Asian nationsPolygamyPolygynyPolyandry
Social Structure: Stable framework of social relationships
Micro-level: Individual interactions in specific settings
Macro-level: Interconnectedness of marriage, families, and intimate relationships with society
Two key questions
1. How well are families taking care of children, the frail elderly, and the ill? (Public family)
2. How well are families providing emotional satisfaction for members? (Private family)
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Definition: 1 adult or 2 adults who are: Related by
◦Marriage◦Partnership or ◦Shared parenthood◦Taking care of dependents◦And the dependents themselves
Costs and Benefits
Externalities: Costs or benefits to others when an individual or business produces something
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Positive externalities: Benefits received by others when individuals or businesses produce something for which they are not fully compensated.
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Negative externalities: Costs to others when an individual or business produces something of value to itself
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Private goods & services• Benefit consumer
Public goods & services• Benefit others• Benefit community
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Public Goods◦Things that benefit people who did not pay for or produce them:
◦Children◦Social Security ◦Highways◦National Defense
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Functions for society:◦Reproduces society (e.g., children)
◦Cares for young, poor, sick, & elderly
Saves public funds
Free-rider problemPeople who obtain & enjoy public goods
By letting others produce the goods
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• Two or more individuals
• Lasting intimate relationship
• Same household
• Combine income
• Share household labor
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Provides family members:• Intimacy
• Emotional support
• Love
• Financial support
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Kinship is:
Assigned Acquired at birth or by marriage Based on cultural roles
Created by ties of:◦Affection◦Concern◦Obligation◦Responsibility
◦Individualism: Pursuing own interestsPersonally rewarding life
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On one hand, “marriage-centered family” life preferred
On the other, more tolerance for family life without marriage
Never marrying is acceptable
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Most Americans want to marry
But…feel less need (pressure)
Marriage may compete with:◦Staying in school
◦Developing a career
◦Cohabitating
◦Having children
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Self-reliancePersonal achievement
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Developing one’s feelingsEmotional satisfaction
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http://www.slideshare.net/RussellJWhite/then-and-now-1955-to-2010-10821744
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Patterns of Authority
Patriarchy
Matriarchy
Egalitarian
Patterns of Descent
◦Bilateral
◦Patrilineal
◦Matrilineal
Residence Patterns
◦Neolocal
◦Patrilocal
◦Matrilocal
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Scientific method
Systematic, organized steps
Objectivity
Consistency
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Survey◦Sampling◦Open-ended or fixed response
In-depth interview◦Detailed data◦Follow-up questions
Experiment◦Control◦Cause & Effect◦Replication
Focus Group◦Group interaction◦Unanticipated information
Observation◦Behavior in real setting◦Take notes
Secondary Analysis◦National data◦Documents◦Film etc.
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© 2015, 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
© 2015, 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
Theories: Help Make Sense of World
Theory: Tool to understand and describe real world
Dominant in 1950s
Focus on men’s and women’s different but complementary rolesMen-Instrumental Women-Expressive
Cooperation
Social stability43
Inequality
Power◦Physical force◦Control of economic resources
Social change
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Gender: Central concept Inequality Men’s domination of women
Men & women experience family life differently
• Economic model
• Calculate Rewards and Costs of relationships
• Costs and benefits of family members’ behaviors
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Symbols used in interaction ◦Words◦Gestures◦Appearances
Interpretation and reality
Development of self
Families and family members go through stages over time
Each stage has —TasksRolesResponsibilities
Definitions of family
Functions of family
Macro-Micro Link
Social Structure
Family Change
Social science theory and
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