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Families and Intimate Relationships

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Relationships in wich people live together with commitment, for an economic unit and car for any young, and consider their identity to be significantly attached to the group   Families  
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A social network of people based on common ancestry, marriage, or adoption   Kinship  
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The family into which a person is born and in which early socialization usually takes place   Family of Orientation  
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The family that a person forms by having or adopting children   Family of Procreation  
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A family unit composed of relatives in addition to parents and children who live in the same household   Extended Family  
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Social arrangements that include intimate relationships between couples and close familial relationships among other couples and other adults and children   Families We Choose  
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A family composed of one or two parents and their dependent children, all of whom live apart from other relatives   Nuclear Family  
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A legally recognized and/or socially approved arrangement between two or more individuals that carries certain rights and obligations and usually involves sexual activity   Marriage  
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A marriage between two partners, usually a man and a woman   Monogamy  
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The concurrent marriage of a person of one sex with two or more members of the opposite sex   Polygamy  
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The concurrent marriage of one man with two or more women   Polygyny  
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A succession of marriages in which a person has several spouses over a lifetime but is legally married to only one person at a time   Serial Monogamy  
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The concurrent marriage of one woman with two or more men   Polyandry  
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A system of tracing descent through the father's side of the family   Patrilineal Descent  
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A system of tracing descent through the mother's side of the family   Matrilineal Descent  
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A system of tracing descent through both the mother's and father's sides of the family   Bilateral Descent  
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A family structure in which authority is held by the eldest male (usually the father)   Patriarchal Family  
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A family structure in which authority is held by the eldest female (usually the mother)   Matriarchal Family  
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A family structure in which both partners share power and authority equally   Egalitarian Family  
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The custom of a married couple living in the same household (or community) as the husband's family   Patrilocal Residence  
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The custom of a married couple living in the same household (or community) as the wife's parents   Matrilocal Residence  
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The custom of a married couple living in their own residence apart from both the husband's and wife's parents   Neolocal Residence  
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The practice of marrying within one's own social group or category   Endogamy  
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The practice of marrying outside one's own social group or category   Exogamy  
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The sub discipline of sociology that attempts to describe and explain patterns of family life and variations in family structure   Sociology of Family  
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Meeting the family's economic needs, making important decisions, and providing leadership   Instrumental Role  
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Running the household, caring for children, and meeting the emotional needs of family members   Expressive Role  
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Sexual regulation, socialization, economic and psychological support, and provision of social status   Key Functions of the Family  
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Capable of being diffused or invaded in such a manner that the family's original nature is modified or changed   Permeable  
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A situation in which two people live together, and think of themselves as a couple, without being legally married   Cohabitation  
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Household partnerships in which an unmarried couple lives together in a committed, sexually intimate relationship and is granted the same rights and benefits as those accorded to married heterosexual couples   Domestic Partnerships  
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The pattern of individuals marrying those who have similar characteristics, such as race/ethnicity, religious background, age, education, or social class   Homogamy  
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Marriages in which both spouses are in the labor force   Dual-Earner Marriages  
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Arlie Hochschild's term for the domestic work that employed women perform at home after they complete their workday on the job   Second Shift  
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A legal process through which the rights and duties of parenting are transferred from a child's biological and/or legal parents to a new legal parent or parents   Adoption  
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Any intentional act or series of acts - whether physical, emotional, or sexual - by one or both partners in an intimate relationship that causes injury to either person   Domestic Violence  
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Institutional settings or residences where adults other than a child's own parents or biological relatives serve as caregivers   Foster Care  
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A family consisting of a husband and wife, children from previous marriages, and children (if any) from the new marriage   Blended Family  
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Emphasize the importance of the family in maintaining the stability of society and the well-being of individuals   Functionalist Perspective  
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View the family as a source or social inequality and an arena for conflict   Conflict and Feminist Perspectives  
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Explain family relationships in terms of subjective meaning and everyday interpretations that people give to their lives   Symbolic Interactionist Perspective  
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View families as being permeable, capable of being diffused or invaded so that the original purpose in modified   Postmodern Perspective  
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Changes in social institutions, age at marriage, length of acquaintanceship, economic resources, education level, and parental marital happiness   Causes of Divorce  
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