This best-selling text on marriages, families, and relationships combines a rigorous scholarly and applied approach with a theme especially relevant to today's dynamic global environment: making choices in a diverse society. The authors use an engaging narrative to create a highly readable text that offers insightful perspectives on the diversity of our modern society, including different ethnic traditions and family forms. The balanced presentation discusses a variety of theoretical perspectives (e.g., family ecology, structure-functional, interaction-constructionist, family systems, biosocial), emphasizing both social structure and the importance of individual agency, choice, and decision-making. Students are encouraged to question assumptions and reconcile conflicting ideas and values as they make informed choices in their own lives. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.
Pearson offers its titles on the devices students love through Pearson's MyLab products, CourseSmart, Amazon, and more. 0205957226 / 9780205957224 Marriages and Familes Plus NEW MySocLab with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package Package ...
This is the eBook of the printed book and may not include any media, website access codes, or print supplements that may come packaged with the bound book.
Sociology : Understanding a diverse society . Belmont , CA : Wadsworth . Anderson , M. , & Collins , P. H. ( 1995 ) . Race , class and gender : An anthology . Belmont , CA : Wadsworth . Annie E. Casey Foundation ...
Marriages, Families, and Relationships: Making Choices in a Diverse Society
In a study of 3,432 adults, it was found that 19 percent of women versus 54 percent of men reported thinking about sex several times a day (Michael, Gagnon & Kolata, 1994). Love and Robinson (2012) provide an overview of studies that ...
The study guide includes learning objectives, chapter summaries, key terms, and extensive self-tests, including multiple choice, true/false, completion, short answer, and essay questions with a full answer key.
Using a bioecological framework, the book reveals how families are shaped by multiple influences, from biological to cultural, that interact with one another.
The third edition of Handbook of Marriage and the Family describes, analyzes, synthesizes, and critiques the current research and theory about family relationships, family structural variations, and the role of families in society.
Intimate Relationships, Marriages and Families
The text's up-to-date material, real-life cross-cultural examples, and balanced presentation make it an accessible and compelling read for the Marriage and Family student.