Sociology Exam Chapter 11

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family

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a group of people related by marriage blood or adoption

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marriage

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a legal union based on mutal rights and obligations

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nuclear family

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family structure composed of one or both parents and children

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extended family

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two or more adult generations of the same family whose members share economic resources and a common household

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patrillineal

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decent and inheritance is passed through the male line

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matrillneal

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descent and inheritance is passed through th female line

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bilateral

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descent and inheritance are passed equally through both parents

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patriarchy

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the pattern in which the oldest man living in the household has authority over the rest of the family members

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matriarchy

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the pattern in which the oldest woman living in the household has authority over all other family members

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equalitarian

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family structure in which authority is evenly shared between the husband and wife

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patrilocal

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refers to pattern in which marred couples live with or near husbands parents

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matrilocal

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refers to pattern in which marrid couples live with or near wives parents

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monogamy

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a marriage consiisting of one man and one woman

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polygamy

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the marriage of a male or female to more than one person at a time

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polygyny

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the marriage of one man to two or more women at the same time

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polyandry

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the marriage of one woman to two or more men at the same time

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exogamy

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the practice of marrying outside one's group

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incest taboo

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a norm forbidding marriage between close relatives

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endogamy

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marriable within ones own group as required by social norms

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homogamy

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the tendency to marry someone similar to oneself

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heterogamy

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marriage between people with differing social characteristics

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socioemotional maintenance

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provision of acceptance and support

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marriage rate

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the number of marriabge per year for every one thousand members of a population

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divorce rate

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the number of divorces per year for every one thousand members of the population

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blended family

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a family formed when at one of the partneers in a marriafe has been married beofre and has a child or chidren from a previous marriage

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adolesent

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youths from ages of twelve to seventeen

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dual employed marriages

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marriages in which both spuses work outside the home

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cohabitation

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a marrigelike living arragement without legal obligations and responsibilities of formal marriage