Sociology Final

a group of people directly linked by kinship connections

Connections among individuals established either through marriage or through th elines of descent that connect blood relatives

a socially acknowledged and approved sexual union between two adults

Two adults living together in a household with their own or adopted children

When relatives in addition to a married couple and children live either in the same household or in a close and continuous relationship with one another

The family into which a person is born

The family into which one enters as an adult and within which a new generation of children is brought up

When a couple lives near or with the bride's parents

When the couple lives near or with the groom's parents

A husband or wife has one spouse

A marriage that allows a husband or wife to have more than one spouse

A man may have 2 or more wives

A woman may have 2 or more husbands

The family performs important tasks that contribute to societies basic needs and help perpetuate order

the process by which children learn their society's cultural norm

the role of a family in assisting adult family members emotionally

women's dual roles at work and home

marriage ties based on personal selection and sexual attraction or romantic love

Parents working hard to cultivate their children's talents through many non-school-based activities

The contents of education is much less relevant than the diploma

the idea that students from different social backgrounds are provided different types of education

Speech patterns; demeanors; tastes

dividing students into groups that receive different instruction on the basis of assumed similarities

certain groups have achieved lower scores on standardized tests and other measures of academic success

a class based set of dispositions such as tastes, language use, and demeanor

the achievement gap can be partially explained through black student's reluctance to embrace school norms, which black students associate with white culture

those who draw from resources from their home culture and mainstream culture

argues that education is important because jobs now require more skill and formal education provides the training needed

the study of the size, growth, composition, and distribution of human populations

a cluster of cities and towns forming a continuous network

"city of cities"

the movement of the population into towns and cities

emphasizes the interdependence of different city areas

young people seek opportunities elsewhere and leave the old people behing

urban revewal

with industrialization both death and birth rates fall to new low levels

all persons who experience an event in a defined time period and who are analyzed as one category

used to demarcate the succession of parents

average length of a generation

common social experiences that affected a range of cohorts over a number of years

people born from 1946-1964

people born from 1964-1976

which generation was a baby bust?

people born from 1976-1994

another name for generation Y/millennium generation?

generation born from 1994 to present?

3 types of population pyramids

shape of the pyramid is strongly correlated with...?

the process by which economies of many different nations and regions are being transformed into a single integrated economy which is global in scope

developed countries in the periphery are beholden to countries in the semi-periphery, which in turn are subjugated by the core developed countries

lend help to countries in severe economic trouble

What does IMF stand for?

society has moved past modern degrees of thought ex. the capability to control the modern world

belief we are moving beyond old forms of industrial movements

Who is the main target of the Global Justice Campaign?