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SOCI1010 Chp 13 Fam
Introduction to Sociology, Chapter 13: Family, De More
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| family | social institution found in all societies that unites people in cooperative groups to care for one another, including any children |
| kinship | social bond based on common ancestry, marriage or adoption |
| marriage | legal relationship, usually involving economic cooperation, sexual activity and childbearing |
| extended family | a family composed of parents and children as well as other kin; consanguine family |
| nuclear family | a family composed of one or two parents and their children; conjugal family |
| endogamy | marriage between people of the same social category |
| exogamy | marriage between people of different social categories |
| monogamy | marriage that unites two partners |
| polygamy | marriage that unites a person with two or more spouses |
| descent | system by which members of a society trace kinship over genrations (matrilineal - by mothers side) (patrilineal - by father's family) US is patrilineal. |
| incest taboo | norm forbidding sexual relations or marriage between certain relatives |
| homogamy | maariage between people with the same social characteristics |
| family violence | emotional, physical or sexual abuse of one family member by another |
| cohabitation | sharing of a household by an unmarried couple. |