Family & Marriage Exam 1

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primary group

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any group in which there is a close, face-to-face relationship

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secondary group

Back 2

more distant, practical, and unemotional relationship

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nuclear family

Back 3

traditionaly: husband, wife, and children in an independent household

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household

Back 4

person or a group of people who occupy a dwelling unit. most common is of married couples without children

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total fertility rate

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fertility rate of women in that year

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structural constraints

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economic and social forces, that limit personal choices

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choosing by default

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unconscious decisions. made when people are unaware of the alternatives of follow a path of least resistance

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choosing knowledgeably

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recognizing as many options or alternatives as possible.

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self-concept

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individual's idea about his or her worth and about what sort of person she or he is

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individualistic (self-fulfillment)

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encourage people to think in terms of personal happiness and goals and the development of a distinct individual identity

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familism

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virtual sacrafice of individual family members needs and goals for the sake of the extended family

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familistic (communal) values

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focusing on family needs. debate with individualistic values

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family decline perspective

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cultural change toward excessive individualism that they characterize as the self-indulgence of the baby boom generation

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family change

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seen as normal. marriage has been in a constant state of evolution

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extended family

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larger kin group