Sociology 2235 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Symbolic Interactionism, Nuclear Family, Family Therapy
20 Mar 2016
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Household: a person/ group who occupy the same dwelling. Communal living: group of people who may or may not be related by birth or marriage, sharing inancial resources and living arrangements. Married couple and the children (if any) of either or both spouses. Common-law couple and the children (if any) of either or both spouses. Lone parent of any marital status with at least one child living in the same dwelling. Grandchildren living with their grandparent(s) but no parents present. Study the value of a society and how they afect the family. Examples: structural funcionalism, conlict, feminist, ecological: micro theories. Focus on individuals or small groups and emphasizes relaionships within individual families. Examples: symbolic interacionism, family systems theory, exchange theory, feminist, ecological o: structural funcionalism. Family is an insituion which serves many important funcions in society: murdock"s 4 basic funcions: The sexual; the economic; the reproducive; the educaional: current theorist"s 5 basics funcions:
