Soc 100 Final – Purdue 2024/2025 Exam
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What is family? What social and economic factors that led to the current
"nuclear family" structure? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Family is a socially recognized
group (usually joined by blood, marriage, cohabitation, or adoption) that
forms on emotional connection and serves as an economic unit of society.
A nuclear family is considered married parents with children as the nucleus
or core of the group.
How do families contribute to social (race/ethnicity and gender) and
economic forms of inequality? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔- Pass on economic capital
- Patriarchy (marriage has treated women as sexual/economic property)
-pass on social and cultural capital (Educational opportunities, networks,
and contacts- and socialization and interests)
-Family is often used to justify defending structural inequalities
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,How does class shape perceptions of marriage and definitions of adulthood
(poor)? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Social class heavily influences partners
expectations of marriage and children. The working class defined a good
husband as someone who was faithful, employed, and didn't drink too
much.
What is the median age at first marriage? How has this changed over time?
- 🧠ANSWER ✔✔For men its 28 and women is 26. More people prefer to
wait for marriage then what it used to be.
Why are men and women increasingly waiting to get married? What effect
does cohabitation have on marital success? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Many men
and women are waiting longer to get married due to increased cohabitation,
women's economic independence, and the idea of marriage losing
importance. Cohabitation has little evident effect on marriage success.
How has the divorce rate changed since 1990? Where does this stand in a
global context? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The divorce rate was 3.2 divorces per
1000 people. The divorced rate has increased and now the US has the
highest divorce rate in the world.
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, Why has the number of divorces gone up in the US? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔because there are no fault divorces, they are more socially acceptable,
rising individualism, marriage for love/happiness and stress.
The current divorce rate is around what rate? What age group is most likely
to get divorced? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Current divorce rate is about 50%. The
age group most likely to get divorced is about 30 years old.
The Brown article discuss cohabitation. What is the relationship between
cohabitation and marriage, and what effect does cohabiting have on
families well-being? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Cohabitation is like a trail run for
marriage and a chance to reach financial stability. Attitudes about
cohabitating have become a lot more accepting.
What does Lareau mean by "concerted cultivation" and "accomplishment of
natural growth"? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Concerted cultivation is an act of the
middle class parents putting their children in different activities and
situations because they believe they transmit important life skills to
children. This approach results in a frenetic pace for parents, creates a cult
of individualism within the family, and emphasizes children's performance.
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What is family? What social and economic factors that led to the current
"nuclear family" structure? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Family is a socially recognized
group (usually joined by blood, marriage, cohabitation, or adoption) that
forms on emotional connection and serves as an economic unit of society.
A nuclear family is considered married parents with children as the nucleus
or core of the group.
How do families contribute to social (race/ethnicity and gender) and
economic forms of inequality? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔- Pass on economic capital
- Patriarchy (marriage has treated women as sexual/economic property)
-pass on social and cultural capital (Educational opportunities, networks,
and contacts- and socialization and interests)
-Family is often used to justify defending structural inequalities
COPYRIGHT©PROFFKERRYMARTIN 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE.
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PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
,How does class shape perceptions of marriage and definitions of adulthood
(poor)? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Social class heavily influences partners
expectations of marriage and children. The working class defined a good
husband as someone who was faithful, employed, and didn't drink too
much.
What is the median age at first marriage? How has this changed over time?
- 🧠ANSWER ✔✔For men its 28 and women is 26. More people prefer to
wait for marriage then what it used to be.
Why are men and women increasingly waiting to get married? What effect
does cohabitation have on marital success? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Many men
and women are waiting longer to get married due to increased cohabitation,
women's economic independence, and the idea of marriage losing
importance. Cohabitation has little evident effect on marriage success.
How has the divorce rate changed since 1990? Where does this stand in a
global context? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The divorce rate was 3.2 divorces per
1000 people. The divorced rate has increased and now the US has the
highest divorce rate in the world.
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, Why has the number of divorces gone up in the US? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔because there are no fault divorces, they are more socially acceptable,
rising individualism, marriage for love/happiness and stress.
The current divorce rate is around what rate? What age group is most likely
to get divorced? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Current divorce rate is about 50%. The
age group most likely to get divorced is about 30 years old.
The Brown article discuss cohabitation. What is the relationship between
cohabitation and marriage, and what effect does cohabiting have on
families well-being? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Cohabitation is like a trail run for
marriage and a chance to reach financial stability. Attitudes about
cohabitating have become a lot more accepting.
What does Lareau mean by "concerted cultivation" and "accomplishment of
natural growth"? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Concerted cultivation is an act of the
middle class parents putting their children in different activities and
situations because they believe they transmit important life skills to
children. This approach results in a frenetic pace for parents, creates a cult
of individualism within the family, and emphasizes children's performance.
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