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30 Cards in this Set
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What is a family?
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A group of people related by blood, marriage, or adoption.
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What is marriage?
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A legal union (between a man & a woman) based on mutual rights & obligations.
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What is a nuclear family?
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A family structure composed of 1 or both parents & children.
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What is an extended family?
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2 or more adult generations of the same family whose members share economic resources & a common household.
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What is patrilineal?
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Descent & inheritance is passed through the male line.
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What is matrilineal?
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Descent & inheritance is passed through the female line.
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What is bilateral?
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Descent & inheritance are passed equally through both parents.
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What is patriarchy?
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The oldest man living in the household has authority over the rest of the family members.
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What is matriarchy?
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The oldest female living in the household has authority over all family members
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What is equalitarian?
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Authority is shared equally b/w the husband & the wife.
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What is patrilocal?
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Married couples live w/ or near the husband's family.
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What is matrilocal?
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The family lives w/ or near the wife's family.
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What is neolocal?
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The newly married couple set up their own households.
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What is monogamy?
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A marriage consisting of 1 man & 1 woman.
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What is polygamy?
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A form of marriage where a person has more than 1 spouse at a time.
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What is polygyny?
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The man is married to 2 or more women.
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What is polyandry?
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The woman is married to 2 or more men.
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What is exogamy?
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The practice of marrying outside one's group (specifices which individuals are not acceptable as marriage partners)
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What is endogamy?
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The marriage within one's own group as required by social norms. (specifies the class of persons w/ whom marriage is both legal & socailly emerged).
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What is incest taboo?
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A norm forbidding marriage b/w close relatives.
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What is homogamy?
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The tendency to marry someone similar to oneself.
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What is heterogamy?
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The marriage b/w people w/ different social characteristics.
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What is socioemotional maintenance?
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Provision of acceptance and support.
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What is marriage rate?
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The # of marriages per year for every 1,000 members of a population.
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What is divorce rate?
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The # of divorces per year for every 1,000 members of a population.
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What is a blended family?
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A family formed when at least 1 of the partners in a marriage has been married before & has a child/ children from a previous marriage.
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What are adolescents?
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Youths from the ages of 12 to 17.
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What are dual-employed marriages?
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Marriages in which both spouses work outside the home.
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What is cohabitation?
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A marriagelike living arrangement w/o the legal obligations & responsibilities of formal marriage.
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What are boomerang kids?
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Adult children who return to the home of origin or who continue to live w/ parents.
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