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39 Cards in this Set
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having more than one spouse at the same time
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polygamy
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polygyny
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men having more than one wife
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polyandry
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women having more then one husband
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family
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people who consider themselves related by blood, adoption, or marriage
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nuclear family
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husband, wife, and kids
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extended family
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grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins
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family of orientation
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family in which an individual grows up
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family of procreation
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family that is formed when a couple has their first child
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Bilineal
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(system of descent) a system of reckoning descent that counts both the mothers and the fathers side
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Patrilineal
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(system of descent) system that counts only the fathers side
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Matrilineal
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(system of descent) system that counts only the mothers side
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Functionalist Perspective:
Why the family is universal |
1. economic production
2. socialization of children 3. care of the sick and aged 4. recreation 5. sexual control 6. reproduction |
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Functionalist Perspective:
Functions of the Incest Taboo |
Helps family avoid role confusion
Look outside family for |
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Functionalist Perspective:
Dysfunction |
emotional over load
DARK-SIDE |
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Families Establish Patterns of descent
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Mate Selection
Descent Inheritance Authority |
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Authority:
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Patriarchy:men as dominant group
Matriarchy:women as dominant group Egalitarian:authority equally divided |
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Conflict Perspective
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Struggles between Wives and Husbands
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Conflict Perspective:
Power Struggle over |
Housework
Child Care Money Attention Respect Sex |
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Symbolic Interaction
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Gender, Housework, and Child Care
Gender Division of Labor |
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The Family Life Cycle
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Love and Courtship in Global Perspective
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The Family Life Cycle
Marriage: |
Social Channels of Love and Marriage
Homogamy |
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The Family Life Cycle
Childbirth: |
Marital Satisfaction Decreases
Additional Complications |
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The Family Life Cycle
Child Rearing: |
Married Couples and Single Mothers
Day Care Nannies Social Class |
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The Family Life Cycle
Family Transitions |
Adultolescents and the Not-So-Empty Nest
Widowhood |
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Diversity in U.S. Families
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African-American Families
Latino Families Asian Families Native American Families |
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Diversity in U.S. Families
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One-Parent Families
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Diversity in U.S. Families
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blended families:
Family whose members was once apart of another family |
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Trends in US Families
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Postponing Marriage:
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Trends in US Families
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Cohabitation:
unmarried couples living together |
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Trends in US Families
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The Sandwich Generation:
between two generations usually 40 and 55 |
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Ways of Measuring Divorce
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US divorce rate is 50%
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Children of Divorce
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juveniles
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Absent Father and Serial Fatherhood
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Serial father:
Divorced father maintains high contact with with his children during the first year or two after divorce |
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Two Sides of Family Life:
The Dark Side |
Spouse Battering
Child Abuse Marital or Intimacy Rape Incest |
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The Bright Side - Successful Marriages
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Spouse is Best Friend
Like Spouse as Person Think Marriage is Long-Term Commitment Believe Marriage is Sacred |
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The Bright Side - Successful Marriages
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Agree with Spouse Aims and Goals
Believe Spouse Grown More Interesting Want Relationship to Succeed Laugh Together |
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Happy Families
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Spend a Lot of Time Together
Are Quick to Express Appreciation Committed to Promoting Mutual Welfare Talk and Listen a Lot Are Religious Deal with Crises Positively |
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Symbolic Interactionism and Misuse of Statistics
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Divorce Statistics Explained
People are Individuals We Create our Own World |
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The Future of Marriage and Family
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No Danger of Becoming a Relic
Cohabitation, Single Mothers, Age at Marriage, Grandparents as Parents will Increase Continued Distorted Images of Marriage and Family |
