SOCI 102 Study Guide - Final Guide: Talcott Parsons, Domestic Violence, Structural Functionalism

• School: UBC
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI 102
• Professor: Catherine Corrigall- Brown

Document Summary

Families: groups of people related by birth, affinity, or cohabitation. Family household: group of people who share a relationship by blood, marriage, or legal adoption living together. Marriage: legal union of two people, allowing them to live together and to have children. Nuclear family: consists of two adults living with one or more children. Extended family: consists of two or more generations who share the same residence. Andrew cherlin (2004) argues that modern society is characterised by the deinstitutionalization of marriage. Our understanding of the norms and rules surrounding marriage has changed. People are increasingly questioning the role of marriage in lives and society as a whole. Fewer people are getting married because they are choosing to remain single or to cohabitate (same-sex or opposite-sex couples live together w/o being legally married) Roles of individuals in couples (married or not) have become increasingly questioned in modern society.