Sociology Quiz 10
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Incest Taboo | cultural norms and laws that forbid sexual intercourse between close blood relatives, such as brother and sister, father and daughter or uncle and niece |
| Edogamy | the practice of selecting mates from within one's group |
| Exogamy | the practice of selecting mates from outside of one's group |
| Fictive Kin | nonrelatives who are accepted as part of the family |
| Cohabitation | an arrangement in which two unrelated people are not married but love together and have a sexual relationship |
| Monogamy | one person is married exclusively to another person |
| Polygamy | a marriage form in which a man or woman has two or more spouses |
| Extended Family | a form of family which consists of parents and children, as well as other kin, such as uncles and aunts, nieces and nephews, cousins and grandparents |
| Boomerang Generation | young adults who move back into their parents' home after living independently for a while or who never leave it in the first place |
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