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Chapt.12Vocabulary
Definitions
| 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. |