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Family of orientation
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the family into which a person is born.
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Family of procreation
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The family into which one enters as an adult and within which a new generation of children is brought up.
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Matrilocal
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When a couple (or the family of procreation) lives near the bride's parents this is referred to as a matrilocal arrnangement.
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Patrilocal
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When a couple (or the family of procreation) lives near the groom's parents this is referred to as a patrilocal arrangement.
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Monogam
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Marrigae of one woman and one man.
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Serial Monogamy
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May have several spouses, but only one at one time.
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Polygamy
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Having several husbands or wives simultaneously.
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polygyny
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marriage of one man to more than one woman.
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polyandry
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marriage of one woman to more than one woman.
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polygynandry
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a group of marriage of two or more wives to two or more husbands.
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Bilateral Descent
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Both sides of the family are looked upon as equally important.
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Paatrilineal descent
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Only the father's relatives are significant in relation to property, inheritance, and emotional aspects.
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matrilineal descent
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Only the mother's relatives significant in relation to property, inheritance, and emotional aspects.
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Patriarchy
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A society that expects males to dominate in all family decision-making.
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matriarchy
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Women have greater authority and control.
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egalitarian
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Spouses regarded as equals
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Endogamy
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Specifies groups within which a spouse must be found and prohibits marriage with others.
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exogamy
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Requires mate selection outside certain groups, usually ones own family or kin.
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incest taboo
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Prohibits sexual relations between certain culturally specific relatives.
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Homogamy
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The conscious or unconscious tendency to select a mate with personal characteristics similiar to one's own.
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Patriarchal terroism
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Violence that is perpetuated by feelings of power and control.
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Common couple violence
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Reactionary to a specific incident and is not rooted in power or control
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Social Class
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More common in low-income couples
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Uncoupling
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at least one person develops a new life pattern becoming interested in other pursuits and making friends in which the other is not included.
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Divorce and Children
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Almost all children experience an initial period of intense emotional upset after their parents separate. Most resume normal development without serious problems within two years. A minority of children experience some long term problems as a result that may persist into adulthood.
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Positive correlation (divorce)
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Parental Divorce(people whose parents divorce are more likely.
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Corporal Punishment
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Inflicting bodily harm/pain onto someone in order to correct a behavior or punish someone.
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Positive reinforcement
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Adding a positive stimuli which increases a behavior.
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Negative reinforcement (escape/avoidance)
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Removing a negative stimuli which increases a behavior. Escape-experience some degree of negative stimulus and behavior terminates it. Avoidance-Take away before it happens.
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Positive punishment
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Adding a negative stimuli which decreases a behavior.
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Negative Punishment
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Removing a positive stimuli which decreases a behavior.
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Extinguishing behavior
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Ridding of a behavior
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Charles Murray(the bell curve)
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Evidence that links to IQ to genetic inheritance is overwhelming and true!Some racial and ethnic groups have higher intelligence than others.
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Critism of the bell curve
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IQ is closely associated with level of education, and that IQ tests don't measure IQ as much as they measure how much you learn in school. IQ is only one factor in how well you learn in school. The factors are, IQ,education,gender, community conditions,marital status,current economic conditions.
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What lead to the development of formalizing schooling?
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Industrialization
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What were the consequences of bussing?
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Episodes of violence at gates of schools.White parents put their children in private schools.
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Intertextuality
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What is actually New? Is their really such thing as authentic voice in writing?
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Functionalist perspective on education--
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Education as both manifest (open;stated functions) and latent functions (hidden;not recognized functions)
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Conflict perspective
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Views education as an instrument for elite domination
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Hidden Curriculum
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The standards of behavior that are deemed appropriate by society and are taught subtly in schools.
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Credentialism
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The increase on the lowest levels of schooling needed to enter a field.
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bestowal of status
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Schools sort people into appropriate levels and courses of study that will prepare them for the labor force.
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Tracking principle
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The practice of placing students in specific curriculum groups on the basis of their test scores and other criteria.
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Correspondance principle
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Schools promote the values expected of individuals in each social class and therefore perpetuate class divisions.
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Treatment of women in education (Oberlin/Modern disrimination?)
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in 1833, oberlin college was the first school to admit women.Oberlin prepared women to become wives and mothers ( they had to wash men's clothing, care for their rooms, and serve their meals).
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Interactionist perspective
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If we treat people in particular ways, they may fulfill our expectations and act in accord of the manner that we treat them.
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Teacher-Expectancy effect
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The impact that a teacher's expectations about a student's performance may have on the student's actual achievments.
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Research of Teacher Expectancy
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20% of children in san francisco elementary school selected as spurters were expected to perform well on tests. They scored higher on these tests.
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Schools of bureaucracy
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The growing number of students being served by school systems and greater degree of specilization have combined to bureaucratize schools
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Division of Labor
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Specialized experts teach particular age level and specific subjects. These are teachers whose sole responsibility would be work with children with learning disabilities.
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