Chapter 12: Life at Home: Families and Relationships

Question 1

Marriage

Answer 1

a formally recognized bond between two spouses, establishing contractual rights and obligations between them

Question 2

Adoption

Answer 2

the legal process of acquiring parental responsibilities for a child other than one’s biological offspring

Question 3

Family

Answer 3

a social group whose members are bound by legal, biological, or emotional ties, or a combination of all three

Question 4

Extended Family

Answer 4

a large group of relatives, usually including at least three generations living either in one household or in close proximity

Question 5

Kin

Answer 5

relatives or relations, usually those related by common descent

Question 6

Nuclear Family

Answer 6

a heterosexual couple with one or more children living in a single household

Question 7

Homogamy

Answer 7

the tendency to choose romantic partners who are similar to us in terms of class, race, education, religion, and other social group membership

Question 8

Endogamy

Answer 8

marriage to someone within one’s social group

Question 9

Exogamy

Answer 9

marriage to someone from a different social group

Question 10

Propinquity

Answer 10

the tendency to partner with people who live close by

Question 11

Antimiscegenation

Answer 11

the prohibition of interracial marriage, cohabitation, or sexual interaction

Question 12

Monogamy

Answer 12

the practice of marry (or being in a relationship with) one person at a time

Question 13

Polygamy

Answer 13

a system of marriage that allows people to have more than one spouse at a time

Question 14

Polygyny

Answer 14

a system of marriage that allows men to ave multiple husbands

Question 15

Polyandry

Answer 15

a system of marriage that allows women to have multiple husbands

Question 16

Polyamory

Answer 16

a system of multiple-person partnership

Question 17

Fictive Kin

Answer 17

close relations with people we consider “like family” but who are not related to us by blood or marriage

Question 18

Cohabitation

Answer 18

living together as a romantic couple without being married

Question 19

Custody

Answer 19

the physical and legal responsibility of caring for children; assigned by a court for divorced or unmarried parents

Question 20

Instrumental Task

Answer 20

the practical physical tasks necessary to maintain family life

Question 21

Expressive Tasks

Answer 21

the emotional work necessary to support family members

Question 22

Second Shift

Answer 22

the unpaid housework and child care often expected of women after they complete their day’s paid labor

Question 23

Domestic Abuse

Answer 23

any physical, verbal, financial, sexual, or psychological behaviors abusers use to gain and maintain power over their victims

Question 24

Cycle of Violence

Answer 24

a common behavior patter in abusive relationships; the cycle begins happily, the relationship grows tense, and the tension explodes in abuse, followed by a period of contrition that allows the cycle to repeat that

Question 25

Neglect

Answer 25

a form of child abuse in which the caregiver fails to provide adequate nutrition, sufficient clothing or shelter, or hygienic and safe living conditions