Interpersonal Relationships Ch 1

Globalization

the interconnection of societies around the world

social institutions

perform important functions for society. ex) education, military, government, churches, families

Primary group

emotionally close, face to face, people you are closest with, emotionally and in person

secondary groups

less personal groups we are around, cowrokers, classmates

individualism

put own interest as top priority (self-expression, individual thinking, personal choice)

familism

put family as top priority

collectivism

doing what is best for the community (not self or family) respect for others and teamwork

social exchange theory

when interacting with others, we make choices that will maximize out rewards and minimize our costs. cost benefit analysis

family life course development theory

looks at changes families typically go through over the life cycle

family life cycle

series of stages families go through (this varies for families) marriage, children, school, empty nest, retirement

developmental tasks

responsibility you must fulfill to move successfully to the next life stage

structure-function theory

looks at how parts of society (or structures in society) like the family, perform functions so society can survive

conflict theory

looks at disagreements, power struggles between people and groups. views conflict and its outcomes as natural, even good at times

feminist theories

against oppression of others

symbolic interactionism

looks at how we interact using symbols (words, gestures, etc.)

family systems theory

looks at the family unit to see how family members interact (change in 1 part will create change throughout the family)

human ecology theory

looks at how we influence and are influenced by out environments

couple and family technology framework

looks at how couples navigate their relationship and technology simultaneously

pros and cons of couples and technology

long distance relationships, contacting parents, location tracking

screen time issues, addictions, dating apps, relaitonship issues

marriage

nearly all societies have, the predicted rate is 70% in the U.S.

monogamy

married to one person

polygamy

married to more than one person

polygyny

more than 1 wife

polyandry

more than one husband

pantagamy

group marriage. everybody is married to everyone in the group

relationship education

teach skills and knowledge to help build better relationships

family

basic unit of society

fictive kin

non-relatives viewed as family (“chosen family”)

family of origin

family in which you were born and/or reared the family you came from

family of procreation

the family you begin/create

nuclear family

husband, wife, their children in home

binuclear family

kids live in two separate homes

extended family

nuclear family plus aunts, uncles, and cousins

traditional family

heterosexual. parents, dad, mom homemaker

modern family

both spouses employed work outside the home

postmodern family

wide variety of family from. same sex, single parent

beliefs

definitions and explanations about what is true

blended family

a family created when two individuals marry and at least one of them brings a child or children from a previous relationship. aka stepfamily

common-law marriage

a heterosexual cohabiting couple presenting themselves as married

cross-sectional

analysis of data representing one point of time- for example, infidelity the first year of marriage in contrast to longitudinal date, which would look at infidelity throughout the marriage

hypothesis

a suggested explanation for a phenomenon

norms

socially defined rules of behavior that guide our behavior and our expectations of the behavior of others

roles

expectations of behavior associated with roles

role conflict

one role (parent) conflicts with another role (worker)

sociological imagination

the influence of social structure and culture on interpersonal decisions

theoretical frameworks

a set of interrelated principle designed to explain a particular phenomenon

transnational families

families in which the migrant parents are separated from their children: mother and child typically live in another country from the father

values

standard regarding what is good and bad, right and wrong, desirable and undesirable

walking marriage

men impregnate a woman and return to their mothers house