Question | Answer |
family | a group of people who are related by blood, marriage, or adoption who live together and share resources. |
nuclear family | consists of one or both parents and their children. |
family of orientation | (a member of two different overlapping nuclear families) is the nuclear family into which the person is born or adopted. |
family of procreation | consisting of the individual,his or her spouse,and their children. |
extended family | consists of two or more generations. (includes grandparents, parents, children, uncles, aunts, and cousins.) |
kinship | refers to a network of people who are related by marriage, birth, or adoption (this group can be quite large). |
marriage | the set of norms that establishes and characterizes the relationship between married individuals. |
monogamy | the marriage of one man to one woman. |
polygamy | marriage with multiple partners. |
polygyny | a man is permitted to marry more than one woman at a time. |
polyandry | a woman is permitted to marry more than one man at a time |
patrilocality | residential pattern in which a newly married couple is expected to live with or near the husband's parents |
matrilocality | residential pattern in which a newly married couple are expected to live near or with the wife's parents. |
bilocality | residential pattern in which a newly married couple is allowed to choose whether they will live with the husband's parents or the wife's parents. |
neolocality | residential pattern in which a newly married couple is free to set up their residence apart from both sets of parents. |
patrilineal descent | descent pattern in which kinship is traced through the father's family |
matrilineal descent | descent system in which kinship is traced through the mother's family |
bilateral descent | descent system in which kinship is traced through both parents. |
patriarchy | father hold most of the authority. |
matriarchy | mother holds most of the authority. |
egalitarian | mother and father share the authority. |
incest taboo | is a norm forbidding sexual relations or marriage between certain relatives. |
homogamy | tendency for individuals to marry people who have social characteristics similiar to thier own. |
heterogamy | tendency for individuals to marry people who have social characteristics different from their own. |
dual-earner families | families in which both husband and wife have jobs. |
sandwich generation | american caught between the needs of their children and their aging parents. |
voluntary childlessness | conscious choice to remain childless. |