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24 Cards in this Set
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Polygyny |
a form of marriage in which men have more than one wife |
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Polyandry |
a form of marriage in which women have more than one husband |
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Family |
two or more people who consider themselves related by blood, marriage, or adoption |
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Household |
people who occupy the same housing unit |
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Nuclear family |
a family consisting of a husband, wife, and children |
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Extended family |
a family in which relatives such as the older generation or unmarried aunts and uncles, live with the parents and their children |
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Family of orientation |
the family in which a person grows up |
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Family of procreation |
the family formed when a couples first child is born |
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Marriage |
a groups approved mating arrangements, usually marked by some sort of ritual |
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Endogamy |
the practice of marrying in ones own group |
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Exogamy |
the practice of marrying outside ones group |
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incest taboo |
the rule that prohibits sex and marriage among designated relatives |
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System of descent |
how kinship is traced over the generations |
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Bilineal system |
a system of reckoning descent that counts both the mother's and the fathers side |
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Matrilineal system |
a system of reckoning descent that counts only the mothers side |
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Patriarchy |
men dominating women |
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Matriarchy |
women dominate males (does not exist) |
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egalitarian |
authority is equally divided between people or groups |
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romantic love |
feelings of erotic attraction accompanied by an idealization of the other |
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homogamy |
tendency of people with similar characteristics to marry one another |
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machismo |
an emphasis on male strength and dominance |
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blended family |
a family whose members were once part of other families |
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cohabitation |
unmarried couples living together in a sexual relationship |
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incest |
sexual relations between specified relatives |
