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Chapter 11-Family Flashcards

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Kinship

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State of being related to others

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Bilateral descent

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Both sides of a persons family are regarded as equally important

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Patrilineal descent

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Only fathers relative are significant

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Extended family

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Family in which relative live in same home as parents and children

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Nuclear family

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Married couple and unmarried children living together

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William F. Ogburn primary functions that families perform

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Reproduction
Socialization
Protection
Regulation of sexual behavior
Affection and companionship
Provision of social status

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Patriarchy

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Society that expects males to dominate in all family design making

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Matriarchy

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Women have greater authority than men

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Egalitarian family

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Spouses are regarded as equals

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Endogamy

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Groups within which a spouse must be found and prohibits marriage with outsiders

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Exogamy

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Requires mate selection outside certain groups

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Incest taboo

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Prohibits sexual relationships between certain culturally specified relatives

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Homogamy

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Conscious/unconscious tendency to select a mate with personal characteristics and interests similar to ones own

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Familism

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Placing family before individual

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Adoption

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Legal process that allows for transfer of legal rights, responsibilities, and privileges of parenthood to a new legal parent or parents

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Monogamy

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Form of marriage in which 2 people are married only to one another

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Polygamy

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Form of marriage in which an individual may have several partners simultaneously

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Polygyny

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Form of polygamy in which a man may have more than one partner at the same time

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Polyandry

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Form of polygamy in which a woman may have more than one partner at the same time

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Concerted cultivation

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Active engagement and sustained supervision in order to foster Children’s growth and development

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Accomplishment of natural growth

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Parents provide broad guidelines for behavior and allow children the freedom to navigate the world as their own

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Cohabitation

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2 adults living in a committed relationship with an unmarried partner

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Blended family

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2 adults with 1 or more children from a previous marriage and children from a new marriage

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Family

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Group of 2 people or more related by birth, marriage, or adoption and residing together

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