SOCL 2001 : Final Study Guide
Document Summary
Fictive kin- people who are so close to members of the family that they are considered kin. Conjugal relations- adults living together in marriage or intimate relationships. Family: a group of people related by blood, marriage, or adoption. Kinship- the role relations among people who consider themselves family despite absence of blood ties. The family as an institution: comprises a set of statuses, roles, norms, and values devoted to achieving important social goals. Those goals include the social control of reproduction, the socialization of new generations, and the social placement of children in the institutions of the larger society (colleges, business firms, etc) Family functions: communication, production of goods and services, distribution of goods and services, protection and defense, replacement of members, social placement, control of members, (functions to meet society"s needs) Families and stratification: same or higher social-class positions as their parents (reading, classical music) Institutional differentiation- social change as an ongoing process; adapted to performing those functions.
