Final Exam

Positive effects of social media

Cellphones and internet based communication facilitate contact with wider networks of family and friends

Negative effects of social media

Divided attention

What was Jake Reilly's "Amish Project" and what lessons did he learn from it?

He went 90 days without a cell phone, email, and social media. He learned that he could connect a lot more with people and he was a lot more productive. He learned that social media is really superficial. He also learned which friends were the ones that were actually worth it, because they were the ones that stuck around for the 90 days.

How does online dating differ from traditional dating?

3 main ways

-Access (exposure and opportunity)

-Communication (computer-mediated)

-matching(mathematical algorithm for selection

Pros of online dating

More access to potential partners, an initial sense of compatibility, ability to eliminate potentially poor relationship partners.

Cons of online dating

Access doesn't show how people interact, people appear in 2 dimensional way, math algorithms are based on similarity and complementary (not prove indicators of relationship success) and unable to predict how people will change.

Limitations of online dating

Incentive structure is inconsistent (if everyone met soulmate there'd be no customers)

Access because modest deception is wide spread. Side by side comparison promotes assessment mindset. Computer communication lacks richness of face to face communication, and no research proves dating sites provide more compatible matches than traditional dating.

What is the recent trend in unauthorized immigration and how can it be explained.

-Unauthorized immigration has dropped in the US since 2007.

-Result of reduced immigration from Mexico and deportations have doubled in the past 10 years.

-Nearly 2/3 of illegal immigrant adults have been here for 10 years.

What percent of the current US population is foreign born?

Approximately 11% f the population in 2000 and 12% in 2009 according to the US census. Therefore foreign birth is increasing.

goals fo the dream act

to create a path to citizenship for younger people

Mandeep Chahal

Came to the country illegally at age 6. Graduated from nursing school. Devoted her time to human rights. Her illegal status was discovered and she was summoned to the ICE office. News spread on FB and 20,000 letters were sent in on her behalf. She was granted a 1 year stay.

Group differences in effects of the recession

Blacks & Hispanics- More job losses & housing foreclosures

Young Adults- More job losses

Middle-Aged Adults- Got the worst of downturn in housing values, household finances, and retirement accounts

Men have more job loss than women

Lower educated people have been hit harder

What is the "boomerang generation"

Many young people are starting to move back in with their parents and over 3/4 of the people are satisfied with these arrangements and are upbeat about the future. the parents benefit from this too because the kids will help pay for some expenses.

Obama's brother Roy

Drinks a lot and is similar to Obama's father.

Obama's brother David

Died in a motorcycle accident and kept auma from visiting. Happened trying to get Roy out of jail.

Obama's uncle zeituni

Was their grandfather's favorite child.

Obama's aunt Sarah

Mother was Akuma. She remained loyal to Akuma when she left and kept a distance from Onyango.

Obama's grandfather Onyango

Onyango is the Obama's paternal grandfather. He was an herbalist. He was estranged form his father because he started dressing and working for white people. He was very neat and hygenic. He would never allow himself to be beaten by a white man. He rejected teh Christian religion and converted to Islam.

Obama's "Granny"

She was sixteen when she married Onyango. She will never ask for anything. It gives her pride to do something that brings in a little money.

Obama's Grandmother Akuma

She was regarded for her beauty. She was already promised to anohter man but grandfather made arrangements so that he could have her instead. She was the mother of Sarah and Barack(Obama's father). She tried to leave grandfather many times. She was proud and scornful of Granny.

Why did Auma have mixed feelings about being in Kenya?

Her father had a new wife and her family all wanted her to support them but she didn't want to. She felt that people treated tourists better becasue tehy have more money.

What was the situation with Aunt Sarah?

Sarah was mad about the inheritance and the land, she kept asking Obama for money.

What were the details of Aunt Sarah's point of view, evident in the meeting with Obama and the subsequent explanation by Aunt Zeituni?

Trial is not her fault, it is kezia's doing. When Sarah's husband died she wanted Barack to help support her and her child, not Kezia. Thought Kezia wanted to take everything. Feared that if her father dided everything would be left for Barack and his wives and she would have nothing. Says children who claim to be Obama's have taken everything of his and elft his true people living like beggars. Said some of the kids Abo and Bernard aren't his because Kezia wasn't positive who the father was.

Who said to Obama "If everyone is family, no one is family" and what was the context?

Aunt Zeituni when talking aobut how when Obama Sr. lost his money and his job the people that helped and befriended him before refused to take him in and just laughed at him. When he got his money back, he helped the same people that betrayed him before. Zeituni explains that he knew he had to trust him and his children and no one else and if you have somethin, everyone is gonna want it but you have to know where to draw the line.

Obama's visit with Ruth and Mark, then Mark on his own

Ruth and Mark: Ruth were friendly to Obama but talked bad about his father, Obama wanted to leave asap, Kept comparing Mark to Obama.

Mark: Lives in CA, doesn't feel connected to Kenya and doesn't want to settle there. Americanized.

Details of how David died

A fight broke out at a bar and Roy was arrested. David showed up at the jail and told Roy to give him the keys so he could go get the paperwork to bail Roy out of jail. Roy gave him the keys and on the way home David got into an accident and died.

Uncle Sayid's reflections about Uncle Yusef and Roy and Barack Sr.

Roy: afraid he's becoming like Obama Sr. and drinks all night

Yusef: Likes to talk by the book but doesn't want to lead by it, he stopped going to school to help granny.

Obama Sr: Afraid of what people were going to say about him and tried to do too many things.

Circumstance's of Onyango's marriage to Akuma

-She was offered to someone else, and then he convinced her father to take 15 cattle in exchange for her because he wanted children.

-She ran away from Onyango and left Obama Sr. and Sarah behind.... he was mean and strict towards her. She ran away three times before her family didn't return her.

Granny's perspective about the beatings she received from Onyango

Granny believed that women should be beaten, because otherwise they "would not do everything that was required of them" she justified this belief by explaining that it was the world she was raised in.

Who was Obama's grandfather's wives was his biological grandmother?

Akuma

What piece of their grandfather's past was given to Obama and Auma by Granny?

A small book called Domestic Servant's Pocket Register that provided a record of Onyango's employment and etters Obama's father wrote and addressed to colleges in the US.

Obama's reflections after hearing the entire family story, while at the gravesite of his father and grandfather.

Obama cried and said that there was no shame in his father's confusion. It was the silence that betrayed them. "The pain I felt was my father's pain. My questions were my brothers questions. Their struggle was my birthright"

Family member Obama was proudest of at his wedding and why

Roy. He went back to his African name Luo Abongo. He converted to Islam and swore off pork, tobacco and alcohol. His new lifestyle has left him lean and clear-eyed and dignified. He played the older brother at the wedding, talking Obama down and that was huge to him.

What was the focus of the end of the book, and the setting

Family members had passed away but Michelle and Obama went along with the wedding. The family was all together and remembering the people they had lost and having a toast to happy endings. Resolution for them was finally a plaque where his fathers grave was.

Chronocentrism

The belief that a certain state of humanity is superior to all previous and/or future states.

Whiggism

Assumption that the past should be judged according to the standards of the present

Nostalgia

Assuming that the present reflects a superior, golden past

Theme of Josh Rittenberg's This I believe speech

He thinks our generation will get better not worse that tomorrow will be better. We will see things get discovered likea cure for cancer just like his grandparents saw a lot of things get discovered.

genealogical denial

the lack of acknowledgement of parts of our family history

one-drop rule

Concentration on black ancestors and ignoring non-black ancestors

individualism

personal fulfillment, the core of the newer, expressive idea

covenant marriage

marrying couple agree to obtain pre-marital counseling and accept more limited grounds for divorce

polygyny

a man has more than one wife

polyandry

a woman has more than one husband

monogamy

an individual has one spouse at a time

coverture

the legal assumption that a woman's political and legal identity was covered over by her husband when she married

migratory divorce

divorce obtained by a spouse who temporarily resides in or moves into another state or country in order to obtain a divorce

companionate marriage

importance of emotional ties between husband and wife. companionship, friendship, romantic love, and sex rather than marrying for security.

no-fault divorce

describes any divorce where the spouse asking for a divorce does not have to prove that the other spouse was in the wrong. no evidence is needed.

Turkey baster method

A way of getting pregnant where sperm is put in a turkey baster and inserted into the women.

Momism

Idea that women dominated the home to the point where the emasculated their husbands and smothered their sons. the cause of almost every social ill, it causes sissies, murderers, homosexuals, and nazism

Baby Boomers

Born from 1946-64. A period of high fertility.

Generation X & baby bust

1965-1981. lower fertility. many saw parental breakup and may have been rejected since parents were trying to find themselves

Baby Boomlet, Generation Y, Millennials

1982-2003 Fertility was still low but increasing

Characteristics of the extended family system

High divorce rates

High remarriage rate

High cohabitation rate

High levels of serial monogamy

High rates of stepfamilies

High childbearing outside of marriage

Most visible same sex partnerships

Technology assisted reprodcution

how we perceive stepparents in an extended family

-positive attitudes toward stepfamily relations

-early timing

-co-residence

-stepparent remaining in a relationship with the biological parent

-stepparent being legally married to biological parent

-strong feelings of general family obligation

The problem that had no name

The core problem for women of the 50's. It was no sexual but one of identity. A stunting of growth that was perpetuated by the feminine mystique, keeping them from reaching their potential as human beings.

Symptoms of the problem with no name

-Sex had become a joyless compulsion

-Passive bored children

-Many women in therapy, on tranquilizers, depressed, suicidal

Penis Envy

Freud's theory that a woman was unsatisfied and was jealous of men and wanted to be like them because she has not accepted her role as a housewife.

Looking Glass Self

A person's sense of self emerges from the perceptions of others

Abby Sage McFarland & Daniel McFarland

Unhappy marriage, he beat her.

She wanted out and was interested in Richardson

She want to Indiana and gets a divorce and goes back to marry Richardson

Daniel kills Richardson and is found innocent of murder

Illustrates that women were considered property

His rights as husband gave him the right to be free from punishment in killing wife's lover

Men had more power over wives

Linda LeClair and Peter Behr

Barnard college, girl lived with her boyfriend as "maid" off campus, her case was a symbol of change, hundreds of students admitted violating housing regulations, they said it was security, family, and partnership

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Founded the National Women's Loyal League in 1863 with Susan B. Anthony. The leading figure of the early women's movement. Her Declaration of sentiment, presented at the first women's rights convention in 1848, is often credited with starting the first womens rights acts and womens suffrage movements in the US

Anthony Comstock

Worried about threats to Christian morality he successfully lobbied the Comstock Act in 1973 preventing the use of U.S. mail to send obscene, lewd, or lascivious information(birth control) Margaret Sanger argued that women should be able to use birth control and eventually led it to be purchasable again.

Betty Friedan

Wrote the Feminine Mystique. Betty said women's power was to help themselves by discovering who they were.

Anne Parsons

She got married for security. Unsatisfied with marriage she committed herself to a mental institution and committed suicide 9 months later.

Not Quite Adults

Book about the transition to adulthood by Richard Setterster

Fun Home

A book about sexual orientation

Is Marriage for White People

Black women need to be open to dating outside their race-- will improve black men and women

Little Boxes

Song about conformity and how everyone had the same houses and the same families. Focused on levitown.

Mother's Little Helper

Rolling stones song about the tranquilizers that women took.

Men who love women who love men

Song about identity and sexual orientation.

Remember the Ladies

A song based off of letters from Abigail Adams saying that without women men wouldn't be able to pursue their dreams.

Diversity

Race, social class, gender, sexual orientation, religion, culture, region. Groups vary in power, kinds of choices they have and social pressures.

Nuestro Himno

A song that is the national anthem in Spanish

Change

Can be brought on by historical events, economic shifts, social movements, and individual resistance.

Barbed Wire Boys

Song by Susan Werner that deals with the subject of change

Identity

The self is multi-faced. People hold multiple identities. In-groups and out of groups. social identity.

What is genealogy and why has it become more popular in recent decades

-The study or investigation of ancestry and family histories.

-Increased interest sparked by the 1976 publication of Roots by Alex Haley

-Facilitated by expansion of internet and computer software programs.

-Once concerned with status, now more concerned with identity.

What are "genealogical denial" and the "one drop rule"

Genealogical Denial: Lack of acknowledgement of parts of our family history.

One-Drop Rule- Focus on African ancestors and ignoring non-black ancestors.

What did Oprah learn about her grandfather, Constantine Winfrey?

He learned to read and write and increased his holdings to 80 acres through sales of his farm products. He was concerned about the education of black children and had the entire building housing the Spring Hill Colored School moved onto his land.

G.I. Generation or the Greatest Generation

(1901-1924)

Came of age during the depression and WWII. Saw the expansion of government programs. Civic minded, energetic, trusting of government, differentiated sex/gender roles, war-era heroism.

Silent Generation/Post war

(1925-1945)

Born during an era of depression and war. Had more economic advantages due to reduced competition. Married and had babies fairly young.

Baby Boomers

(1946-1964)

Period of high fertility. High proportion raised in intact 2 parent families.

Baby Bust/Generation X

(1965-1981)

Lower fertility. Many saw parental break up and may have been neglected since parents were trying to find and develop themselves.

Baby Boomlet/Generation Y/ Millennials/Generation Next/ Generation Text

1982-2003

Fertility still low but more were having babies than before. Described as close to their parents, talented in technology and ethnically diverse.

Pig in a python

Used to refer to the impact of the baby boom generations. The baby boomers are the pig inside a python because there were so many. They move down the python as they age together.

Swimmers and treaders

Swimmers: careful, calculated, take time into adulthood, pursue education, build a successful career, put off marriage and children.

Treaders: Go into adulthood quickly, not prepared for today's competitive world, started early families, few credentials, differ/abandon their life goals, job hop not by choice.

Marriage-Go-Round

Carousel of intimate partners. Cherlin is concerned because he feels this increases children's behavioral and emotional problems.

American Marriage

Cherlin is concerned that Americans aren't getting married for the right reasons. He believes you should slow down, find your identity, get to know your partner and when you are ready, get married. He believes marriage is the highest form of family life.

Why does America have high marriage and divorce rates?

Marriage is encouraged by society so many marry. However expressive individualism leads people to abandon marriage for their own personal desires.

How has the government promoted marriage?

Funding same-sex marriage campaigns. Only the US has a major battle over same sex marriage because only in the US is marriage an important identifier as to who you are.

Social class differences effects on partnership stability

Marriages are much more stable among the college-educated than among the less-educated.

Cherlin's "slow down" message and its meaning

We should focus not only on Americas tendency to end relationships too quickly, but also on their tendency to start relationships too quickly.

Dont rush into having children with a boyfriend/girlfriend or partner you've recently started living with.

How was sex outside of marriage and cohabitations perceived in the 50's and 60's

-Publicly condemned

-More cohabitations in the 60's and 70's

-cohabitation outside of marriage not accepted well by society

-2 systems of sexual control structural, limited opportunities for the unmarried to have sex, and ideological, women seen as limit setter and men as the aggressors.

Laud Humphrey's research methods and findings for Tearoom Trade

Found a public bathroom where men went to have sex with each other. He observed this to see how many men went in and out of this place. He wrote down their license plate numbers and tracked them down because he wanted to interview them. He found some were in heterosexual marriages and some weren't married at all.

Alison Bechdel's book Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

She told her father she was gay and 4 months later he committed suicide. They later found out that he was having an affair with another man.

Major trends during the 1950's for women

Suburban housewife was a common goal; girls went to college to get a husband - many dropped out to get married, fewer women entered professional work.

Key early activists and their roles

Elizabeth Cady Stanton was "The brains of the movement" while Susan B. Anthony was "The legs of the movement"

Who wrote the declaration of sentiments

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

What demand was considered outrageous at the first women's rights convention

Voting rights

What did Friedan downplay about herself in TFM and why?

Her association with the working class and minorities. She played the part of a housewife.

Also downplayed her previous ties to the labor movement because she didn't want to be associated with communism.

Masculine Mystique

-Men cannot "act like a girl" otherwise they are considered gay.

-No crying or expressing feelings

-Must be strong and smart

Hottie Mystique

Teens and early twenties. There was a strict way they should and shouldn't look. They wanted to look "hot" but not "slutty" because that would ruin their social standing.

Supermom

Mom's who put their child ahead of everything else.

Mommy Wars Mystique

These are moms who work and moms who don't work. They are two different sides and society has to take one side and decide which is "right". They compete and talk bad about eachother.

Career Mystique

everything focused on work, "workaholic"

What Obama hoped Dreams from my father would illustrate

He hoped his story would speak to the fissures of race that have characterized the American experience as well as the fluid state of identity that leaps through time.

How often did Obama see his father after his parents split?

One time for a month when he was 10 years old.

How did the topic of blacks bleaching their skin come to Obama's attention

In a life magazine article that Obama read while in Indonesia

What bothered Obama about the letter he received from his father while in New York?

It had taken Barack forever to write his father a letter and when he answered, his dad made it seem so simple and he was cheerful and calm.

How many children did Barack have with how many women?

8 children with 4 wives

Kezia- auma, roy abo, and bernard

Ruth- David and Mark

Jael- George

Ann- Barack

What were anti-miscegenation laws?

Laws that prohibited interracial marriage ie. loving v virginia

What did Lalita Tademy learn about her ancestors when she went to Cane River

Her female ancestors all had children with white men

Edward Ball family myths

Family claimed slaves were well cared for and they did not separate families through sale or have sex with slaves.

Edward Ball family reality

Families were broken up through slave sales and had sex with slaves.

Final Exam

Sociology 112 with Schmeeckle at Illinois State University

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