Question 1

How have theoretical approaches to understanding the family shaped the sociological understanding of family over time?

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Question 2

What are the advantages of surveys, in-depth interviews, and time-use studies? Why would sociologists choose one method over another to study families?

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Question 3

Based on what you have learned about the authority of the family, explain why teachers are allowed to exert corporal punishment on students, and discuss an argument families might make against the use of corporal punishment in schools.

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Question 4

Compare and contrast the personal family, the legal family, and the family as an institutional arena. Give examples of each.

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Question 5

Using the concepts of biological and symbolic family ties, explain how you know whom to call your "family."

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Question 6

When it comes to understanding families, how are structural functionalists and conflict theoretical perspectives different? Based on what you read in the chapter, contrast how the two theories might explain the rise of the breadwinner-homemaker family.

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Question 7

The definition of family has changed over time as a result of legal, cultural, and institutional shifts. Discuss two ways that the definition of family has changed over time and include which factors created this change.

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Question 8

What are some of the strategies sociologists use to avoid bias in their research?

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Question 9

Describe three significant contributions of feminist theory to sociologists' understanding of contemporary families.

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Quiz 1: A Sociology of the Family