Family in Society Exam #1

What is the ratio for marriages that result in divorce?

4 in 10 marriages - 40%

What gender is remarriage more common in?

Men

What percentage of 25-54 year olds are married?

53%

What percentage of Americans believe that marriage is out-dated?

26% (1 in 4)

What percentage of Americans think that marriage is not out-dated?

74%

What is the primary social institution?

Family

What is the oldest institution on earth?

Family

Kinship

Group that consists of 2 or more people who consider themselves related by blood, marriage, adoption

Kinship

State of being related to others

The family defined

Group of people united by marriage, blood, adoption

Family of Orientation

Family into which a person is born & where civilization takes place

Family of Procreation

The family a person forms by having/adopting children

Nuclear Family

Composed of 1 or 2 parents, and their dependent children who live apart from other relatives

Extended Family

Composed of relatives in addition to parents & kids

Patriarchal Family

Family structure in which authority is held by eldest male

Matriarchal Family

Authority held by eldest female

Socialization

Family is responsible for primary care & early learning

• financial support provided to dependent family members

• providing care & protection

• social status/placement

• education

Socialization

Process of learning norms & customs of a society

• how to behave in a way that is acceptable to a culture

Norms

Rules that dictate how people are supposed to act/behave

Social Control

Process where society tries to ensure its members behave acceptably

Socialization

Helps ensure members of society know/understand the rules they are expected to follow & function effectively in society

• most intense during childhood & adolescence

Primary Agent of Socialization

Individuals/groups that have most direct & sustained contact with individual during formative years

• the family is primary agent of socialization

Secondary Social Agents

Individuals, groups, and institutions the individual encounters later in life

• peers, education, media, religion