Synopses & Reviews
For courses on Marriage and Families or Introduction to Families.
Marriages and Families: Diversity and Change empowers and challenges students to examine their personal belief systems and societal views to make informed choices and decisions about their own marriage, family and intimate relationships. Within an engaging narrative and a sociological approach, the text addresses the many issues facing marriages and families today, and provides many opportunities for the student to consider and apply the material they are learning in the course to their own lives.
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What is the Pearson Census Update Program?
The Census Update edition incorporates 2010 Census data into a course—simply and easily. The components of the Census Update Program are as follows:
- Census Update Edition - Features fully updated data throughout the text—including all charts and graphs—to reflect the results of the 2010 Census. This edition also includes a reproduction of the 2010 Census Questionnaire for your students to explore in detail.
- 2010 Census Update Primer - A brief seven-chapter overview of the Census, including important information about the Constitutional mandate, research methods, who is affected by the Census, and how data is used. Additionally, the primer explores key contemporary topics such as race and ethnicity, the family, and poverty. The primer can be packaged with any Pearson text at no additional cost, and is available via MySocLab, MySocKit, and MySearchLab. The primer can also be purchased standalone.
- 2010 Census Update Primer Instructor’s Manual with Test Bank - Includes explanations of what has been updated, in-class activities, homework activities associated with the MyLabs and MyKits, discussion questions for the primer, and test questions related to the primer.
- MyFamilyLab - Gives students the opportunity to explore the methods and data and apply the results in a dynamic interactive online environment. It includes:
- primary source readings relevant to the Census
- an online version of the 2010 Census Update Primer
- a series of activities using 2010 Census results
- video clips explaining and exploring the Census
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Synopsis
Examines personal belief systems and societal views
Marriages and Families: Diversity and Change empowers and challenges students to examine their personal belief systems and societal views.
Within an engaging narrative and a sociological approach, the text addresses the many issues facing marriages and families today, and provides many opportunities for the student to consider and apply the material they are learning in the course to their own lives. The book guides students to make informed choices and decisions about their own marriage, family and intimate relationships. It is designed for courses on Marriage and Families or Introduction to Families.
The Census Update program incorporates 2010 Census data into a course–simply and easily. The components of the Census Update Program include an updated census edition with all charts and graphs–to reflect the results of the 2010 Census. In addition, A Short Introduction to the U.S. Census is available and an updated MyFamilyLab.
Teaching & Learning Experience
- Personalize Learning – MyFamilyLab delivers proven results in helping students succeed, provides engaging experiences that personalize learning, and comes from a trusted partner with educational expertise and a deep commitment to helping students and instructors achieve their goals.
- Improve Critical Thinking – Feature questions encourage students to reflect on chapter studies and relate them to personal experience.
- Engage Students – Examines challenges in family dynamics and gives students the tools to apply chapter content to their own relationships.
- Explore Theory – Written from a sociological perspective.
- Support Instructors – MyFamilyLab enables instructors to assess student progress and adapt course material to meet the specific needs of the class.
Note: MyFamilyLab does not come automatically packaged with this text. To purchase MyFamilyLab, please visit: www.myfamilylab.com or you can purchase a ValuePack of the text + MyFamilyLab (at no additional cost). ValuePack ISBN-10: 020517244X / ValuePack ISBN-13: 9780205172443
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Marriages and Families Over Time Chapter 2: Ways of Studying and Explaining Marriages and Families Chapter 3: Understanding Gender: Its Influence in Intimate Relationships Chapter 4: The Many Faces of Love Chapter 5: Dating, Coupling and Mate Selection Chapter 6: Sexuality in Intimate Relationships Chapter 7: Living Single, Living with Others: Nonmarital Lifestyles Chapter 8: The Marriage Experience Chapter 9: Reproduction and Parenting Chapter 10: Evolving Work and Family Structures Chapter 11: Power, Abuse and Violence in Intimate Relationships Chapter 12: The Process of Uncoupling: Divorce in the United States Chapter 13: Remarriage and Remarried Families Chapter 14: Marriages and Families in Later Life Chapter 15: Marriages and Families in the Twenty-First Century: U.S. and World Trends