academic break for yunjin (CHN RLE quiz family) Flashcards
One basic unit of our society
A group of persons usually living together and composed
of the head and other persons related to the head by
blood, marriage or adoption. It includes both nuclear and
extended
FAMILY
family of marriage, parenthood
or procreation; composed of a husband, wife
and their immediate children
Nuclear family
consisting only of husband and
wife
Dyad family
consisting of three
generations, which may include married siblings
and their families and/or grandparents
Extended family
which results from a union
where one or both spouses bring a child or
children from a previous marriage into a new
living arrangement
Blended family
where a man has more than
one spouse
Compound family
commonly described as a
“live-in” arrangement between an unmarried
couple who are called common-law spouses and
their child or children from such an arrangement.
Cohabiting family
results from the death of a
spouse, separation or pregnancy outside of
wedlock.
Single parent
made up of
cohabiting couple of the same sex in a sexual
relationship.
The gay or lesbian family
full authority on the father or
any male member of the family e.g. eldest son,
grandfather
PATRIARCHAL
full authority of the mother
or any female member of the family
MATRIARCHAL
husband and wife exercise a
more or less amount of authority, father and
mother decide.
EGALITARIAN
the mother decides/takes
charge in absence of the father
MATRICENTRIC
It is a way to explain how the
family as a unit interacts with larger units outside
the family & with smaller units inside the family.
general system theory
universally accepted institution for
reproductive function and child rearing.
Procreation