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29 Cards in this Set
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nuclear family
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fam form that consists of one or both parents and their children.
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family of orientation
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nuclear fam into which a person is born or adopted
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family of procreation
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nuclear fam consisting of a person, his or her spouse, and their children
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extended family
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fam form consists of three or more generations of a family sharing the same residence
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kinship
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network of people who are related by marriage, birth, or adoption
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marriage
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set of norms that specify the ways in which family structure should be organized
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monogamy
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marriage of one man to one woman
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polygamy
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marriage with multiple partners
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polygyny
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man can have more than one wife at a time
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polyandry
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woman can have more than one husband at a time
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patriolcality
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residential pattern in which a newly married couple is expected to live w/ or near the husband's parents
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matrilocality
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residential pattern in which a newly married couple is expected to live w/ or near the wife's parents
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bilocality
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married couple may choose either patriolcality or matrilocality
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neolocality
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married couple is free to live away from both sets of parents
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descent patterns
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ways to trace ancestory
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patrilineal descent
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descent pattern in which kinship is traced through the father's fam
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matrilineal descent
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descent pattern in which kinship is traced through the mother's fam
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bilateral descent
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descent pattern in which kinship is traced through both parents
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patriarchy
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system in which men are dominant over women
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matriarchy
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a fam in which the mother holds the power
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egalitarian
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a fam in which the power is shared
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homogamy
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tendency for people to marry people who have social charcateristics similar to their own.
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heterogamy
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tendency for people to marry people who have social charcateristics different from their own.
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divorce
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fam disruption recieving a great deal of media attension
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dual-earner families
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both husband and wife recieve income
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delayed marriage
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waiting to get married until your older
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delayed child-bearing
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the length of time between marriage and child birth is becoming longer
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sandwich generation
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Am. caught between the needs of their children and their aging parents
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one- parent families
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formed from divorce, death of spouse, adoption by umarried people
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