CON 313 - Families in Global Perspective Exam 1 Review

___________________ is what a particular group of people share in common and distinguishes them from other groups; the way a group of people do things; passed down from generation to generation.

Culture

Values and assumptions: _______________ aspect

Abstract

Behavior derived from values and assumptions: ________________ aspect

Lived

________________________: Structure of the way that people learn to live.

Society

________________________ Countries: (First World), technologically advanced, robust economies.

Core

_________________________________ Countries: (Second World), developed later, rely on core countries for knowledge and economy; provides certain goods.

Semi-Periphery

__________________________ Countries: (Third World), provides crops for manufacturing, not advanced in technology; might not even have clean, running water; provides cheap labor, unstable government.

Periphery

____________________________: Assessing other cultures by one's own cultural standards.

Ethnocentrism

__________________________: Assessing other cultures by their cultural standards.

Ethnorelativism

True or False: What is relevant/applicable/important to one's own culture may not be in other cultures.

True

We need to recognize that cultural _____________________ exists.

Differences

Want to account for those differences in how we _________________ with and _________________ others.

Interact, approach

Avoid assuming that our own experiences generalize to other groups and minimizing the ________________ played by cultural contexts.

Role

Cultural Relativity is another word for what?

Ethnorelativism

Can families opt out of globalization?

No

Assessing other cultures by their standards not yours; Imagining walking in their shoes; understand that opportunities differ based on where e are from; looking at what is unusual and uncomfortable to us and trying to understand it.

Cultural Relativity

______________________: my culture is superior

Jingoistic

People who are culturally relative try not to be _______________________.

Jingoistic

What are the three stages of ethnocentrism in the Developmental Model of Intercultural. Sensitivity?

Denial, Defense, Minimization

What are the three stages of ethnorelativism in the Developmental Model of Intercultural. Sensitivity?

Acceptance, Adaptation, and Integration

____________________: My cultural experience is the only one that is real and valid. There is little to no thought of "other."

Denial

______________________________: "We" are superior and "they" are inferior. One feels threatened and is highly critical. What is strange may be labeled as stupid.

Defense

_______________________________: Other cultures are trivialized or romanticized. One tends to deny differences (e.g., "color blind") and only seek similarities.

Minimization

__________________________: I accept but may not agree with other cultures. Generally, I am curious and respectful.

Acceptance

________________________: I "see" the world through different eyes and make international changes in my own behavior and values.

Adaptation

______________________: I easily move in and out of different cultural worldview.

Integration

What is a large part of globalization?

Technology

_________________________: The investment and trading of goods between societies and cultures.

Globalization

What all does globalization include?

Economics, everyday life, and environment

______________________ often contribute to the global process.

Families

True or False: In the Developmental Model of Intercultural. Sensitivity, you have to stay in one place.

False

____________________: Describes human relationships in and out of the household.

Family

Family life emerges from commonplace interactions and communications with others. These lead to understanding of family in terms of relationships acknowledged by the participants as ______________ within a certain cultural context.

Family

Family: doesn't need to be blood or law, can be open to what?

Fictive Kin

True or False: There is no universal way to solve family problems

True

_____________________ remain the foundation for British families.

Marriage

Today's family in Wales is ___________________________

Diverse

__________________ language: cultural identity

Welsh

True or False: There have not been any changes in Welsh families in the past few decades.

False

__________________ families account for < _______________ of all households.

Nuclear, 1/4

Marriage is ________________ based in Wales

Love

Is Wales monogamous?

Yes

__________________ hold equal status in Welsh marital unions.

Parents

Couples in Wales form separate _______________________.

Households

There has been a _______________ in married coupled households in Wales.

Decline

There has been an increase in __________________________ households in Wales.

Cohabitating

The <1/4 statistic of nuclear families include what type of family structure?

Single-Parent

In Wales, there has been an increase in people what?

Living alone

Progress with respect to ________________ ___________________ in the workplace in Wales.

Gender Equality

Work is still divided among ____________________ lines in Wales.

Gender

Working in different _____________________ sectors in Wales.

Industrial

There is unequal pay (-___________% lower wages for women than men) in Wales.

11%

Jobs available to women are often ____________________ paid.

Lowest

Wales has gender separation through ____________________.

Education

In Wales, there is a division of labor in the __________________.

Home

Women are most likely to experience ____________________ _______________ in Wales.

Domestic Violence

Domestic Violence is often kept ____________________ in Wales

Hidden

___________________ for women are now available in Wales to help with domestic violence victims.

Refuges

Refuges empower women to gain equal __________________ in their families.

Power

__________________ are seen as a social problem in Wales.

Elderly

It is an aim that the elderly are cared for where in Wales?

At home

True or False: There are local support networks in the community for elderly in Wales.

True

There is a law against _______________ in Sweden.

Spanking

Is the law on spanking in Sweden often enforced?

No

Swedes may often move onto land of _____________________.

Parents

In Sweden, there is not history of __________________ families living together

Extended

What is the most common type of family in Sweden?

Nuclear

There is no expectation that adult children will do what in Sweden?

Take care of their parents in old age.

Women In Sweden should work for ___________________ in the home.

Equality

There is paid what in Sweden in regards to families?

Paid Parental leave

School in Sweden is free though what?

The university

Sweden has inexpensive what?

Healthcare

There is a fairly low ___________________ rate in Sweden

Unemployment

In both Wales and Sweden, there are high rates of what?

Cohabitation

Are Wales and Sweden very diverse?

No

There are higher ________________ for men in Wales and Sweden.

Salaries

There is a rising age in what in Wales and Sweden?

First Marriages

Sweden has a good social ________________ system.

Welfare

Sweden and Wales show differences in caring for what?

Elderly

There is a new burden on who in Sweden and Wales?

Women

The most common types of families in Romania are what?

Nuclear

Which nation has a patriarchal culture?

Romania

Romania has what type of based marriages?

Love

Are marriages in Romani monogamous?

Yes

There are working __________________ in Romania

Partners

There is an unequal division of ________________ in Romanian homes.

Labor

Working partners in Romanian homes are a results of what?

Communism

There was no access to what in Romania under communism?

Contraception

Why did communists not legalize contraception?

In order to have more citizens under communism

True or False: Most of Romanians needs were disregarded under the Communist regime.

False

Romania had high ___________________ rates under communism?

Mortality

Under communism, there was equal _______ for men and women

Pay

There was limited what in Romania under the communist regime?

Maternity leave

There were poor ___________________ conditions under the communist regime

Nursery

Marriage/family was considered "______________________" under the communist regime in Romania.

Territory

There was a decrease in what after communism in Romania?

Job security

There was a lower standard of ________________ in Romania after Communism.

Living

There was a lack of affordable ________________ after Communism in Romania

Housing

What was legalized after Communism in Romania?

Contraception

After the communist regime in Romania, there was a low public expenditure for what?

Social Services