Sociology of Family Concepts

Chapter 19 Review Questions

• Throughout the module, various shifts are discussed in areas like division of labor, family roles, marital expectations, divorce, and societal/cultural norms. Students should identify one interesting shift and explain why. Consider potential future shifts.
• The reading examines different parenting styles, with authoritative parenting often cited as the most beneficial. Students should state whether they agree, providing reasons for their stance and discussing when other styles might be preferable. Consider individual factors like family background, culture, beliefs, and personal goals, when evaluating risk for divorce.
• The chapter section on divorce discusses factors that increase or decrease divorce risk. Students should reflect on their own background and evaluate their potential risk. Consider aspects like family of origin, culture, religion, goals, and age.
• The module concludes with tips for building happier and healthier families. Students should identify specific actions they can take immediately to increase family happiness.

Vocabulary

• Adoption: Legally taking a child from other parents and raising them as one's own.
• Age in place: Adapting homes and lifestyles to support aging in place, independently.
• Anxious-avoidant: An attachment style characterized by suppressing feelings and difficulty depending on others.
• Anxious-resistant: An attachment style marked by self-criticism, insecurity, and fear of rejection.
• Attachment theory: A theory describing enduring patterns of relationships from birth to death.
• Authoritarian parenting: High in demandingness, low in support.
• Authoritative parenting: High in demandingness and support.
• Blended family: Families formed after divorce or widowhood through remarriage.

Chapter 20 Review Questions

• Age stereotypes and intergenerational interactions influence older adult quality of life. Consider the implications of Levy's research.
• Personality demonstrates both stability and change after age 30. Identify stable aspects and areas of change.
• The Social Convoy Model (Antonucci) impacts older adults. Explain the implications of this model.
• Memory decline is not inevitable in adulthood. Discuss research findings regarding memory decline.
• Dementia is not an inevitable consequence of aging. Identify potential protective factors for dementia.
• Define successful aging, as described by Rowe and Kahn (1998) and others. Describe the criteria used to evaluate successful aging.

Vocabulary (Chapter 20)

• Age identity: How old/young someone feels compared to their chronological age.
• Autobiographical narratives: A qualitative research method focusing on characteristics and life themes.
• Average life expectancy: Average number of years expected of survival for a specific birth cohort.
• Cohort: Group of individuals born in the same historical period, sharing similar experiences.
• Convoy Model of Social Relations: A theory that proposes that social exchanges shift with age.
• Cross-sectional studies: Research method that determines age-group differences.
• Crystallized intelligence: Type of intellectual ability based on knowledge, experience, and information.
• Fluid intelligence: Type of intelligence focusing on reasoning and problem-solving.
• Global subjective well-being: Overall perception and satisfaction with life.
• Hedonic well-being: Measurement of positive and negative emotions during experiences.

Chapter 21 Review Questions

• Explain the difficulty in defining personality stability across the lifespan.
• Discuss how young adulthood experiences affect personality attributes.
• Describe how differential stability increases during adulthood.
• Define correspondences principle regarding personality development, providing examples.
• Predict the likelihood of significant personality changes in adulthood and discuss factors that contribute to changes.
• Identify potentially influential environments for personality change.
• Describe ways for changing personality in adulthood.
• Analyze the positive and negative impacts of personality attributes.

Vocabulary (Chapter 21)

• Absolute stability: Consistency in personality traits over time.
• Active person-environment transactions: Interplay between individuals and environment, influencing each other.
• Age effects: Differences in personality related to maturation and development, not birth cohort.
• Attraction: Connection between personality and environment due to individuals seeking similar environments.
• Attrition: Connection between personality traits impacting the likelihood of individuals remaining within an environment.

Chapter 22 Review Questions

• Identify main challenges facing relationships today.
• Explain emotional bank accounts in relationships.
• Describe effective ways to make positive relationship deposits.
• Discuss powerful deposits to relationships.
• Suggest engaging relationship activities.
• Identify relationships needing positive deposits.

Vocabulary (Chapter 22)

• Active-constructive responding: Showing sincere interest in another's positive news.
• Capitalization: Sharing good news with another person.
• Relationship bank account: Metaphor for relationship dynamics.
• Self-expansion model: Seeking to expand one's capacities through relationships.

Chapter 23 Review Questions

• Discuss the importance of quality versus quantity of social relationships on happiness.
• Analyze the dominance of influence on happiness from friends compared to family relationships.
• Evaluate the effect of relationship duration on happiness.
• Evaluate the likelihood of single individuals experiencing unhappiness.
• Compare the effect of same-sex and heterosexual marriages.

Chapter 24 Review Questions

• Discuss psychological factors contributing to health.
• Identify psychosocial constructs and behaviors for stress reduction.
• Analyze interventions to boost resilience.
• Explain the role of clinical health psychologists in public health.

Vocabulary (Chapter 24)

• Adherence: Patient compliance with prescribed healthcare behaviors.
• Behavioral medicine: Interdisciplinary field integrating psychological factors into disease treatment and prevention.
• Biofeedback: Technique allowing physiological signals to be visualized for self-regulation.
• Biomedical Model: Reductionist approach, blaming illness on biological factors.
• Biopsychosocial model: Holistic study of individuals' biological, psychological, and social factors contributing to health and illness.
• Chronic disease: Long-lasting health problems.
• Control: Feeling in charge of one's environment and behaviors.
• Daily hassles: Minor daily stress.
• Emotion-focused coping: Handling stress by managing emotions associated with it.
• General Adaptation Syndrome: Model of stress response with three stages (alarm, resistance, exhaustion).

Test your knowledge on key terms and concepts related to family structures, relationships, and parenting styles. This quiz covers various sociological terms including 'childfree', 'intimate partner violence', and types of family dynamics. Dive into the world of modern family theories and definitions!