In a legal sense, the transfer of the legal rights, responsibilities, and privileges of parenthood to a new legal parent or parents

A kinship system in which both sides of a person’s family are regarded as equally important.

The practice of living together as a male–female couple without marrying.

An authority pattern in which spouses are regarded as equals.

The restriction of mate selection to people within the same group.

The requirement that people select a mate outside certain groups.

A family in which relatives—such as grandparents, aunts, or uncles—live in the same home as parents and their children.

Pride in the extended family, expressed through the maintenance of close ties and strong obligations to kinfolk outside the immediate family.

A set of people related by blood, marriage or some other agreed-on relationship, or adoption, who share the primary responsibility for reproduction and caring for members of society

The conscious or unconscious tendency to select a mate with personal characteristics similar to one’s own.

Impression management

The altering of the presentation of the self in order to create distinctive appearances and satisfy particular audiences.

The prohibition of sexual relationships between certain culturally specified relatives.

The state of being related to others.

A sense of virility, personal worth, and pride in one’s maleness.

A society in which women dominate in family decision making

A kinship system in which only the mother’s relatives are significant.

A form of marriage in which an individual has only one partner.

A married couple and their unmarried children living together.

A society in which men dominate in family decision making.

A kinship system in which only the father’s relatives are significant.

A form of polygamy in which a woman may have more than one husband at the same time.

A form of marriage in which an individual may have several husbands or wives simultaneously.

A form of polygamy in which a man may have more than one wife at the same time.

A form of marriage in which a person may have several spouses in his or her lifetime, but only one spouse at a time.

A family in which only one parent is present to care for the children.

The adoption of a non-White child by White parents or a Hispanic child by non-Hispanics.

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Chapter 11 sociology

Term	Definition
Adoption	In a legal sense, the transfer of the legal rights, responsibilities, and privileges of parenthood to a new legal parent or parents
Bilateral descent	A kinship system in which both sides of a person’s family are regarded as equally important.
Cohabitation	The practice of living together as a male–female couple without marrying.
Egalitarian family	An authority pattern in which spouses are regarded as equals.
Endogamy	The restriction of mate selection to people within the same group.
Exogamy	The requirement that people select a mate outside certain groups.
Extended family	A family in which relatives—such as grandparents, aunts, or uncles—live in the same home as parents and their children.
Familism (Familismo)	Pride in the extended family, expressed through the maintenance of close ties and strong obligations to kinfolk outside the immediate family.
Family	A set of people related by blood, marriage or some other agreed-on relationship, or adoption, who share the primary responsibility for reproduction and caring for members of society
Homogamy	The conscious or unconscious tendency to select a mate with personal characteristics similar to one’s own.
Impression management	The altering of the presentation of the self in order to create distinctive appearances and satisfy particular audiences.
Incest taboo	The prohibition of sexual relationships between certain culturally specified relatives.
Kinship	The state of being related to others.
Machismo	A sense of virility, personal worth, and pride in one’s maleness.
Matriarchy	A society in which women dominate in family decision making
Matrilineal descent	A kinship system in which only the mother’s relatives are significant.
Monogamy	A form of marriage in which an individual has only one partner.
Nuclear family	A married couple and their unmarried children living together.
Patriarchy	A society in which men dominate in family decision making.
Patrilineal descent	A kinship system in which only the father’s relatives are significant.
Polyandry	A form of polygamy in which a woman may have more than one husband at the same time.
Polygamy	A form of marriage in which an individual may have several husbands or wives simultaneously.
Polygyny	A form of polygamy in which a man may have more than one wife at the same time.
Serial monogamy	A form of marriage in which a person may have several spouses in his or her lifetime, but only one spouse at a time.
Single-parent family	A family in which only one parent is present to care for the children.
Transracial adoption	The adoption of a non-White child by White parents or a Hispanic child by non-Hispanics.

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