A position attained through personal ability and effort. eg, university student, university dropout, thief - something we can control
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Ascribed Status
A social position that is given at birth (such as race or sex). Something we can't control
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Beanpole Family
A family whose living members come from many generations, but with few members in each generation
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Cohabitation
Living together in a sexual relationship without having undergone a wedding ceremony
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Conflict
Competing for power and domination between social groups. This social perspective is associated with Marxism and feminisim.
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Consensus
A commonly agreed position or set of values. Key concept associated with the functionalist perspective.
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Demography
The scientific study of human population--including size, growth, movement, density, and composition.
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Domestic Labour
unpaid work carried out in the home, housework
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Dual Burden
When a women has the responsibility of unpaid work and paid work i.e working as a class room assistant and doing household chores
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Dysfunctional
Refers to an institution's negative impact (or harmful effect) on the sociocultural system
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Birthrate
The ratio of total live births to total population in a specified community or area over a specified period of time. The birthrate is often expressed as the number of live births per 1,000 of the population per year
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Death Rate
The ratio of total deaths to total population in a specified community or area over a specified period of time. Often expressed as the number of deaths per 1,000 of the population per year
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Expressive Role
Term used by Talcott Parsons to describe the domestic role of women in which they are expected to emotionally support their husbands and children
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Extended Family
A family group consisting of more than two generations of the same kinship line living either within the same household or, more usually in the west, very close to one another.
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Extended Kinship Networks
A family with two or more generations live in one household. (ex. grandparents, aunts, uncles, children, and parents)
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
A social position that is given at birth (such as race or sex). Something we can't control
Back
Ascribed Status
Card 3
Front
A family whose living members come from many generations, but with few members in each generation
Back
Card 4
Front
Living together in a sexual relationship without having undergone a wedding ceremony
Back
Card 5
Front
Competing for power and domination between social groups. This social perspective is associated with Marxism and feminisim.
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