Chapter 11 Flashcards
One or both parents and children
Nuclear family
A group of people related by marriage blood or adoption
Family
Two or more adult generations of the same family who share the same economic resources and common household
Extended family
Family formed when at least one of the Partners in a marriage have been married before with kids
Blended family
Legal union between a man and a woman
Marriage
Both spouses work outside of home
Dual employment
Family we are born into
Family of orientation
Family established by marriage
Family of procreation
Marry someone similarly to oneself
Homogamy
Marriage of male/female to more than one resonate at a time
Polygamy
Marriage of one man to one woman
Monogamy
Practice of marrying outside of ones group
Exogamy
Marriage within ones own group as required by social norms
Endogamy
Practice of having one or more wife/husband
Polyandry
Marriage between people with differing social characteristics
Heterogamy