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26 Cards in this Set
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How is “family” defined (in the book)?
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Basic unit in society traditionally consisting of two parents rearing their children, any of various social units differing but regarded equivalent to the traditional family
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What is a family of origin?
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Family you were born into, biological or otherwise
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What is a family of procreation?
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Family you choose to belong to
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What is a kinship system and provide an example of it.
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Family references to locate an individual in a culture, a family tree, relatives
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What is matrilineal?
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Through mother's side
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What is patrilineal?
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Through father's side
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What is bilateral?
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Through both sides
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What is monogamy?
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Marriage between two people
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How does marriage (however a society defines it) help ensure legitimacy?
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Ensures sexual regulation, you can usually know who the father is
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What role marriage play in sexual regulation, and how does this help ensure legitimacy (see pg. 323 of the text).
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Restricts the number of people you can have sex with, ensures that men know what children they have produced
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What is polygamy?
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Marriage between three or more people
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What is exogamy?
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Marriage to or sex with your family unit is forbidden
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Do most societies enforce exogamy?
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Yes
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What is a nuclear family and an extended family?
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Nuclear family ~ a couple and their dependent children
Extended family ~ grandparents, aunts, uncles |
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What is compassionate marriage?
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Individuals choose partners based on emotional ties and love
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Is compassionate marriage a relatively new phenomenon?
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Yes
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What is an arranged marriage?
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A marriage planned and agreed to by the families or guardians of the bride and groom
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What is cohabitation?
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Unmarried people in a romantic relationship living together
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Why are more and more people making nonmarital choices? (see pg. 335).
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Courtship and dating, higher levels of education, changing sexual behaviors and attitudes
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Why are there more single mothers than single fathers in single parent families?
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It's easier for fathers to bail/deny parenthood, mothers are typically granted custody in court
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Why are more and more people choosing to not have kids (what are the predictors of childlessness)?
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Education, race
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What is divorce?
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Legal dissolution of a marriage
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How does education affect divorce?
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The more education you have, the less likely you are to get divorced
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How do men and women differ in initiating divorce (who is more likely to initiate a divorce)?
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Wives are more likely to initiate the divorce
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What is intimate partner violence?
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Domestic violence
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Who is most likely to be a victim of intimate partner violence (gender and social class-wise).
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Poor, black women
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