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Chapter 12 Family

Terms in this set (34)

1. polygyny
a form of marriage in which men have more than one wife
2. polyandry
a form of marriage in which women have more than one husband
3. polygamy
more than one spouse at the same time
4. monogamy
marriage to one person
5. family
two or more people who consider themselves related by blood, marriage, or adoption
6. household
people who occupy the same housing unit
7. nuclear family
a family consisting of a husband, wife, and children
8. extended family
nuclear family and all your other relatives (aunts and cousins, etc)
9. family of procreation
family that is formed when you have children
10. family of orientation
the family that you grew up with
11. marriage
a group's approved mating arrangements, usually marked by a ritual of some sort
12. endogamy
the practice of marrying within one's own group
13. exogamy
the practice of marrying outside one's group
14. incest taboo
the rule that prohibits sex and marriage among designated relatives
15. systems of descent ( bilineal system)
related to both mother and father's side of the family
16. patrilineal system
related only to father's side of the family
17. matrilineal system
related only to mother's side of the family
18. patriarchy
a society where men are in power
19. matriarchy
a society where women are in power
20. egalitarian
society where men and women have equal power
21. romantic love
feelings of erotic attraction accompanied by an idealization of the other
22. arranged marriage
others plan the marriage for the couple
23. homogamy
the tendency to marry others with similar characteristics
24. propinquity
the tendency to fall in love or marry someone who lives near us or someone we meet in our social circles
25. empty nest
when the last child leaves home, the parents are left with an empty nest (home free of children)
26. not so empty nest
children are leaving the family home at a later age; some leave, but return home
27. adultolescence
children growing up in their teens and latest 18 yrs old
28. (transitional adulthood & Boomerang children)
the major historical change in how people become adult
29. fictive kin
describe forms of kinship or social ties that are based on neither consanguineal (blood ties) nor affinal ("by marriage") ties, in contrast to true kinship ties.
30. blended family
a family whose members were once part of other families
31. cohabitation
couples agree to remain together for as long as it works out. The move in together before they are married.
32. Incest
sexual relationships between specified relatives, such as brothers and sisters or parents
33. sandwich generation
people who find themselves sandwiched between and responsible for 2 other generations
34. serial fatherhood
a pattern of parenting in which a father, after divorce, reduces contact with his own children, serves as a father to the children of the woman he marries or lives with, then ignores his own children after moving in with or marrying another woman; this pattern repeats
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