Exam 3: Marriage and the Family: Disciplinary and Theoretical Approaches

While the text does not focus on personalities, it states that perhaps the most important use of family sociology exists at a personal level.

Postmodernism relies on the idea that scientific knowledge and theories are objective and rational facts.

The major conceptual tools for time analysis in the developmental frame of reference is the

Randomization means that the units in the sample are selected

A source of uncertainty in studying families is that social science is probabilistic rather than deterministic.

According to the text, the goal of science is to develop clear, logically consistent, abstract, and generalizable __________.

For the symbolic interactionist, there is not one identity but as many identities as there are systems of relationships in which one is involved.

The person who provided the classic case for social conflict theory was __________.

Illustrate how exchange theory is applicable to understanding (a) mate selection, (b) husband-wife relationships, and (c) sexual relationships.

An example of a macro level theory is:

According to conflict theory, conflict

A basic assumption(s) of a feminist frame of reference is that

This concept refers to how individuals obtain and internalize the behavior patterns and ways of thinking and feeling of the society and culture in which they live.

Family theories are either right or wrong, and when proven wrong, should be discarded.

A sociology of the family is most likely to focus on

Latent functions of the family are neither intended nor recognized.

Peter Blau's theory of exchange, in contrast to that of George Homans, maintains that

Measurement __________ refers to whether or not results of a study can be replicated.

For sociologists, the important characteristics of postmodernism are found in its

Differentiate: a) concepts from variables; b) propositions from hypotheses; and c) theories from conceptual frameworks.