Deck 18: B: Families

Question 1

In what specific ways does social class affect families and family life?

Answer 1

no answer

Question 2

Define patrilocality,matrilocality,and neolocality.Which pattern is favoured in Canada? Why?

Answer 2

no answer

Question 3

What are rules of exogamy and endogamy? Give example of each.Why do societies have such rules?

Answer 3

no answer

Question 4

How does the nuclear family differ from the extended family?

Question 5

Define patrilineal descent,matrilineal descent,and bilateral descent.Which pattern is favoured in Canada? Why?

Question 6

Identify at least four factors that are related to the high divorce rate in Canada.

Question 7

What specific ethical issues are raised by new reproductive technologies? Outline 2 specific issues and provide solutions for them.

Question 8

What does social-exchange analysis have to say about the process of courtship?

Question 9

What is family violence? What laws have been enacted in order to address this problem?

Question 10

How did residential schools impact Aboriginal schools?

Question 11

Define the following terms so that you clearly distinguish each from the others: family,kinship,and marriage.

Question 12

Your text states that "the traditional family is threatened".Identify and discuss the 5 reasons given for this assertion.

Question 13

What is cohabitation? What advantages does this type of relationship have for those who choose it? What disadvantages can you identify?

Question 14

What does Jessie Bernard mean when she says that every marriage is two different relationships?

Question 15

What is the trend in public acceptance of gay and lesbian marriage in the United States? What are several significant events in this regard?

Question 16

How does the family perpetuate social inequality with regard to class,gender,and race?

Question 17

What are three social functions of the family?

Question 18

Why do more Canadian households contain a single person?

Question 19

Identify at least one important issue involved in each of the following stages in family life: courtship,settling in,child rearing,later life.