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Ch.14 - Families Flashcards

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families

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relationships where people live together w/ commitment, economic unit, care for young

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kinship

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social network of people based on common ancestry, marriage, adoption

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family of orientation

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family you are born into, site of socialization

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family of procreation

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family you create for yourself

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extended family

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grandparent, cousins, uncles/aunts (living tgt)

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nuclear family

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the standard form of family (a couple w/ dependent children)

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marriage

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unites two or more people (mutual commitment by each partner)

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monogamy

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marriage b/t two partners

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polygamy

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marriage b/t one and multiple partners

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polygyny

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one man + multiple women

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polyandry

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one woman + multiple men

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patrilineal descent

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tracing descent through FATHER’S side

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matrilineal descent

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tracing descent through MOTHER’S side

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bilateral descent

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trace lineage through BOTH sides

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patriarchal family

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male = head of household

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matriarchal family

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female = head of household

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egalitarian family

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both partners = head of household

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endogamy

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practice of marrying INSIDE one’s group (same race, religion, status)

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exogamy

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practice of marrying OUTSIDE one’s group

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family

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smallest unit of society

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division of labor

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work divided into tasks assigned to different people/groups

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instrumental role

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father

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expressive role

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mother

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sexual regulation

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controls reproduction w/i boundaries

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socialization

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helps children socialize + learn social cues

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economic + psychological support

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helps provide to offspring

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provision of social status

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conformed @ birth

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families serve 4 key functions:

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1) sexual regulation

2) socialization

3) economic + psychological support

4) provision of social status

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cohabitation

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two people who live tgt in a committed relationship but NO MARRIAGE

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modify

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adopt roles to expectations of others

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