Study Guide
“The Family”
What are Gender Roles and Gender Identity?
Describe the difference between sex and gender.
What are the three types of love? (do not include intimacy
What is Patriarchy?
When do people usually decide when to get married?
What are the reasons that many people divorce?
What types of traits did the Tchambuli tribe exhibit, What about the Tahiti?
Describe the Theory of Proximity.
What is Ageism? How does it influence how we view the elderly?
What factors have influenced birthrates in children?
What groups of people take care of children outside of “the traditional family?
What is a boomerang child?
What is the current social security ratio?
Essays
Describe to me the different issues that have influenced male and female relations. what roles are
reinforced in society and explain the disparities that still exist even today.
Describe to me the state of the elderly that are created because of the graying of America, and what
does it mean for the future of the elderly?