SOCIOL 110 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Capitalism, South Africa, Polygyny

• School: UMASS-Amherst
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCIOL 110
• Professor: Naomi Gerstel

Document Summary

Quantitative studies include large # of respondents, limited # of close ended questions (have answers), ex. Tell me about your marriage, or could you tell me how satisfied/unsatisfied you are? . Ex. observe a small group in own environment for detailed understanding/ thick description content analysis include analysis of existing documents and media. Mystify to self the family i least understand is my own - r. d. laing. Hunting & gathering/foraging (99% of human history) Stages within a society: finding a partner, marriage, parenthood/childhood, old age. !kung (south africa), tiwi (australia), great plains indians (native americans) Marital sex - used for procreation and recreation. Absence of state: you get a status based on what you do for the tribe, families means in by which parameters of sharing could be set. Boys learned from fathers, girls learned from mothers. Consequence: no identity crisis, no generation gap, dependence. Patriarchy: ruler of father = ownership, citizenship control.