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As you learned in Reel Society, William Ogburn pointed to six key functions that families fulfill: reproduction, protection, socialization, regulation of sexual behavior, companionship, and the provision of social status. Can you think of ways that your own family fulfills these functions? Answer the questions below about your own family patterns, and then see how they compare to the family patterns of other students using Reel Society who also participated in this poll.

1

In my family, we protect one another by (choose the best response)
A)providing financial support to one another.
B)being there when any of us has a problem.
C)looking out for one another.
2

In my family, we socialize one another by (choose the best response)
A)teaching the children in the family about right and wrong.
B)establishing a set of ethical or religious standards for the family.
C)establishing family rules, with informal punishments for violators.
3

We regulate sexual behavior in the family by (choose the best response)
A)establishing rules about dating and sexual behavior for the younger members of the family.
B)establishing expectations for family loyalty that are broken when a married family member has a relationship outside the marriage.
4

In my family, we provide companionship for one another by (choose the best response)
A)spending time together in the evenings.
B)talking on the phone.
C)sending e-mail and photographs.





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