Chapter 11-Family Flashcards
Kinship
State of being related to others
Bilateral descent
Both sides of a persons family are regarded as equally important
Patrilineal descent
Only fathers relative are significant
Extended family
Family in which relative live in same home as parents and children
Nuclear family
Married couple and unmarried children living together
William F. Ogburn primary functions that families perform
Reproduction
Socialization
Protection
Regulation of sexual behavior
Affection and companionship
Provision of social status
Patriarchy
Society that expects males to dominate in all family design making
Matriarchy
Women have greater authority than men
Egalitarian family
Spouses are regarded as equals
Endogamy
Groups within which a spouse must be found and prohibits marriage with outsiders
Exogamy
Requires mate selection outside certain groups
Incest taboo
Prohibits sexual relationships between certain culturally specified relatives
Homogamy
Conscious/unconscious tendency to select a mate with personal characteristics and interests similar to ones own
Familism
Placing family before individual
Adoption
Legal process that allows for transfer of legal rights, responsibilities, and privileges of parenthood to a new legal parent or parents
Monogamy
Form of marriage in which 2 people are married only to one another
Polygamy
Form of marriage in which an individual may have several partners simultaneously
Polygyny
Form of polygamy in which a man may have more than one partner at the same time
Polyandry
Form of polygamy in which a woman may have more than one partner at the same time
Concerted cultivation
Active engagement and sustained supervision in order to foster Children’s growth and development
Accomplishment of natural growth
Parents provide broad guidelines for behavior and allow children the freedom to navigate the world as their own
Cohabitation
2 adults living in a committed relationship with an unmarried partner
Blended family
2 adults with 1 or more children from a previous marriage and children from a new marriage
Family
Group of 2 people or more related by birth, marriage, or adoption and residing together
