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36 Cards in this Set
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Marriage
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a socially approved mating relationship that is expected to be stable and enduring
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Norm
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a cultural defined rule for behavior
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Common-law Marriage
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a non ceremonial form of a marriage established by cohabitation or evidence of consummation (sexual intercourse)
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Bigamy
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the act of marrying one person while still legally married to another
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Family
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defined in this book as intimate environment in which two or more people live together in committed relationship, see their identity as importantly attached to the group and share close emotional ties and functions
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Fictive kin
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Non relatives who are accepted as part of the family
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Nuclear family
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a family made up of a wife and their biological or adopted kids
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Incest taboo
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cultural norms and laws that for bid sexual intercourse between close blood relatives such as brother and sister, father and daughter, mother and son
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Endogamy
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A cultural rule requiring that people marry or have sexual relations only within their own particular group
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Exogamy
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A cultural rule requiring people to marry outside of their particular group
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Socialization
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the process of acquiring the language, accumulated knowledge attitudes beliefs and values of one’s society and culture and learning the social interpersonal skills needed to function effectively in society
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Roles
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pattern of behavior attached to particular status or position in society
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Primary groups
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important people such as family members and close friends characterized by close long lasting intimate and face to face interaction
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Secondary groups
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groups characterized by impersonal and short term relationships in which people work together on common tasks or activities
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Social class
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a category of people who have a similar standing or rank based on wealth, education, power, prestige and other valued resources
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Family of orientation
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the family into which a person is born
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Family of procreation
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the family a person marries into or they adopt children into
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Kinship system
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a network of people who are related by blood, marriage or adoption
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Extended family
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a family in which two or more generations live together or in close procimity
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Monogamy
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the practice of having only one husband or wife
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Serial monogamy
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marrying several people one at a time that marriage ends in divorcing, remarrying, divorcing again and so on
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Polygamy
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a form of marriage in which one woman or one man has two or more spouses
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Baby boomers
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a person being born post world war II between 1946-1964
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Micro level perspective
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a sociological perspective that focuses in small scale patterns od social interaction in specific settings
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Macro level perspective
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a sociological perspective that focuses on large scale patterns that characterize society as a whole
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Assimilation
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the conformity of ethnic group members to the culture of the dominant group including intermarriage
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Cultural Pluralism
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the degree to which immigrants maintain aspects of their original cultures while living peacefully with the other host culture
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Acculturation
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the process of adapting to the language, values, beliefs, roles, and other characteristics of host culture
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Minority Group
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a group of people who may be treated differently or unequally because of their physical or cultural characteristics such as gender, sexual orientation, religion or skin color
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Racial Group
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a category of people who share physical characteristics such as skin color that members of a society consider socially important
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Ethnic Group
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a set of people who identify with a common national origin or cultural heritage
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Racial-ethnic group
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a group of people with distinctive racial and cultural characteristics
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Prejudice
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an attitude that prejudges people usually in a negative way
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Discrimination
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An act that treats people unequally or unfairly
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Racism
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A belief that people of one race are superior or inferior to others
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Racial socialization
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a process in which parents teach their children to negotiate race related barriers and experiences in a racially stratified society and to take pride in their ancestry
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