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Chapter 14
Sociology 3e
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ambilineal | a type of unilateral descent that follows either the father's or the mother's side exclusively |
| bigamy | the act of entering into marriage while still married to another person |
| bilateral descent | the tracing of kinship through both parents' ancestral lines |
| cohabitation | the act of a couple sharing a residence while they are not married |
| extended family | a household that includes at least one parent and child as well as other relatives like grandparents aunts, uncles, and cousins |
| family | socially recognized groups of individuals who may be joined by blood, marriage, or adoption and who form an emotional connection and an economic unit of society |
| family life course | a sociological model of family that sees the progression of events as fluid rather than as occurring in strict stages |
| family life cycle | a set of predictable steps and patterns families experience over time |
| family of orientation | the family into which one is born |
| family of precreation | a family formed through marriage |
| intimate partner violence (IPV) | violence that occurs between individuals who maintain a romantic or sexual relationship |
| kinship | a person's traceable ancestry (by blood, marriage, and/or adoption) |
| marriage | a legally recognized contract between two or more people in a sexual relationship who have an expectation of permanence about their relationship |
| matrilineal descent | a type of unilateral descent that follows the mother's side only |
| matrilocal residence | a system in which it is customary for a husband to live with his wife's family |
| monogamy | the act of being married to only one person at a time |
| nuclear family | two parents (traditionally a married husband and wife) and children living in the same household |
| patrilineal descent | a type of unilateral descent that follow's the father's line only |
| patrilocal residence | a system in which it is customary for the wife to live with (or near) the husband's family |
| polyandry | a form of marriage in which one woman is married to more than one man at one time |
| polygyny | a form of marriage in which one man is married to more than one woman at one time |
| shaken-baby syndrome | a group of medical symptoms such as brain swelling and retinal hemorrhage resulting from forcefully shaking or impacting an infant's head |
| unilateral descent | the tracing of kinship through one parent only |
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