Families
What is polygamy?
When one man has many wives.
What is the difference between a qualitative and quantitative research method?
A quantitative research method results in numbers (tells us what happens), a qualitative research method gives us longer answers (tells us why something happens).
What is the age of majority in Canada?
18
True or False? Most couples marry in religious cerimonies.
True
What are the three parenting styles?
Authoritarian, Authoritative, Persmissive
What is a transitional family?
A family in which the mother leaves work temporarily to take care of children.
What are the three social science disciplines?
Anthropology
Sociology
Psychology
Do adults have more or less friends on average than during their youth?
Less
What is the largest source of tension in marriages?
Finances (money)
Are fathers more likely to teach children about teamwork or emotions?
Teamwork
What is the most dominant form of family?
Nuclear Family
What is an independent variable and dependent variable?
IV: what the researcher is manipulating
DV: what the researcher is measuring
Why do we call it "emerging adulthood" instead of adulthood?
Adulthood is a transition, not a switch
What is cohabitation?
When a couple lives together for at least three years, they have some legal obligations to each other.
What are the two keys to healthy attachment?
Quick responses and interaction
Why were pre-industrial parents told not to get attached to their children?
Only about half of children made it to adulthood.
Define systems theory
Groups of individuals interact as a system, a set of different parts that work together and influence on another in a relatively stable way over time
What is an example of a semi-dependent living situation?
Post-secondary school, joining the military, Mormons leaving to complete missionary work, male Buddhists becoming monks
What are the three types of intermarriage?
Interracial, interfaith, and intercultural
Which of the following factors led to a decrease in fertility rates: industrialization, economic prosperity, or improved health for pregnancy in later years.
Industrialization
During what era was mandatory schooling implemented?
Urban Industrial era
Define: symbolic interactionism
Individuals behave based on their perceptions. People give meaning to their experiences, and it is the meaning that matters, not the social facts
Jeffrey Arnett
What is the "principle of least interest"?
The person with the least commitment to the relationship has the greatest power.
What are the four attachment styles?
Secure, Anxious, Avoidant, Disorganized