Sociology 1020 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Disney Princess, Hillah, Stoicism

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 1020
• Professor: Scott Schaffer

Document Summary

Forms of marriage: monogamy (one spouse), polygyny (multiple spouses), polygamy (multiple wives), polyandry (multiple husbands); voluntary vs. arranged. Forms of family vs. household units: how government defines vs. people living in a house. Changes in the institution of the family: increased individualism changes forms of families (increased divorce rates and acceptance of non-married couples/same sex) Institutions: a societal response to big problems society has to manage (creates norms). Fa(cid:373)il(cid:455): response to managing biological reproduction of humans. System: organization that develops societal responses to those problems (implements norms and puts them into practice) Education, social reproduction, and social mobility: believes lower class can move up via hard work (meritocracy) Conceptions of inequality: class inequalities is based upon an achieved status. Forms of equality: fo(cid:396)(cid:373)al e(cid:395)ualit(cid:455) (cid:894)p(cid:396)o(cid:272)ess e(cid:448)e(cid:396)(cid:455)o(cid:374)e(cid:859)s (cid:373)a(cid:396)ks o(cid:374) the e(cid:454)a(cid:373)s(cid:895) (cid:448)s. u(cid:271)sta(cid:374)ti(cid:448)e e(cid:395)ualit(cid:455) (cid:894)atte(cid:374)d to e(cid:448)e(cid:396)(cid:455)o(cid:374)e(cid:859)s pa(cid:396)ti(cid:272)ula(cid:396)ities; (cid:449)hat su(cid:271)sta(cid:374)tial (cid:272)ha(cid:374)ges (cid:374)eed to (cid:271)e (cid:373)ade? (cid:895)