Test 1

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acculturation gap

Back 1

gap between immigrant children and their parents with regard to language ability and cultural values. Parents tend to rely more heavily on their former cultural views, while immigrant children adapt more easily to the values of the new country

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bilateral kinship system

Back 2

kinship through both the male and female lines

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extended family

Back 3

a family system in which 3 or more generations of family members live together and have social rights and obligations

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kin-keeper

Back 4

the family member who maintains and nurtures family contacts

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kinship group

Back 5

a set of people who share a relationship through blood or marriage and have positions in a hierarchy of rights over property

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matrilineal kinship system

Back 6

kinship through the female line

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nuclear family

Back 7

a family group that consists only spouses, or spouses and their children

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patriarchy

Back 8

a system in which family decision making is dominated by males, most typically by fathers

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patrilineal kinship system

Back 9

kinship through the male line

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socio-economic functions

Back 10

functions that offer emotional, financial, and material support to members of a group

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abortifacients

Back 11

herbs or potions that bring on a miscarriage

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cohort

Back 12

a group of people who experience some major demographic event, typically birth, migration, or marriage within the same year or period

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demographic transition

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the transition to low fertility in the West,which began around 1870, is called the first " ". This brought births into line with a sharply reduced death rate. A second " " more contemporary, has brought birth rates to a low level and it is theorized into line with new lifestyle goals and family practice

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demographers

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those who study population changes such as births, deaths and migrations

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family allowances

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monthly payments started in Canada after world war II as a way to give women compensation a well as recognition for child rearing. Based on the number of children at home and went to all women with children, but not to men

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gemeinschaft

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type of community typical of pre-industrial rural life; that is, one in which everyone knows everyone else and people share common values

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mechanization of housework

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introduction of new home technologies. Home economists worked to elevate the esteem of homemakers by promoting the idea that the new home technologies required skilled operators

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revenge of the cradle

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an expression reflecting the belief that Quebec's long-standing sense of political injustice might be countered by having more french-speaking citizens

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secularization

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a move away from religion as an organizing principle of society

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endogamy

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marriage to a member of ones own tribe or social group

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exogamy

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marriage outside of ones own tribe or social group

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expressive exchange

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an exchange of emotional and sex benefits

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homogamy

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selection of mate with similar social attributes, such as class education level, religion, race or ethnicity

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instrumental exchange

Back 24

an exchange of practical and useful benefits, such as unpaid work or financial support

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marriage gradient

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a systematic difference between mates, such that men are typically older and of higher social or economic status than their female partners

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monogamous

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married to one person for life

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optimal mate

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ones theoretical ideal mate

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propinquity (or closeness) theory

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a theory of mate section that people are likelier to find a mate among those who are geographically nearby

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romantic love

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an idea of love that is influenced by idealistic concepts of mating, like chivalry and a search for ones soul mate

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sexual double standard

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the application of different rules, or standards of sexual behaviour, to men and women

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sexual scripts

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attitudes and activities that a culture links to each gender, or that are typically expected of members of a particular gender in regard to dating

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cohabitation

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a sexual relationships in which two people live together without being legally married

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common-law union

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a valid and legally binding marriage entered into without civil or religious ceremony, resulting from a cohabiting relationship that lasts for more than 3 years

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commuter marriage (LAT)

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a marriage between partners who live in 2 separate households for any of a variety of reasons

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Living apart together (LAT) relationship

Back 35

an intimate relationship between partners who live in two separate households for any of a variety of reasons

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marriage

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a socially approved sexual and economic union between two or more people that is expected to last a long time

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monogamy

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a form of marriage in which one is allowed only one partner

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pacte civil de solidarité (PACs)

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an alternative form of couple hood in which a partnership is legally recognized and each member is financially responsible for the other, but that is easier to dissolve than a marriage

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polyandry

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the marriage of one woman to more than one man

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polygamy

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the marriage of one person to two or more partners at the same time

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polygyny

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the marriage of more than one woman to one man

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serial (sequential) monogamy

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the marriage of one person to two or more partners in a lifetime; only one at a time though