Chapter 12 Vocab Flashcards
A group of people who are related by marriage, blood, or adoption and who often live together and share economic resources
Family
Consists of one or both parents and their children
Nuclear Family
The family into which the person is born or adopted
Family of Orientation
Consisting of the individual, his or her spouse, and their children
Family of Procreation
Consists of two or more generations (grandparents, parents, children, uncles, aunts, and cousins)
Extended Family
A network of people who are related by marriage, birth, or adoption
Kinship
The set of norms that establishes and characterizes the relationship between married individuals
Marriage
The marriage of one man to one woman
Monogamy
Marriage with multiple partners
Polygamy
A man is permitted to marry more than one woman at a time
Polygyny
A woman is permitted to marry more than one man at a time
Polyandry
Newly married couple is expect to live with or near the husbands parents
Patrilocality
Newly married couple is expect to live with or near the wife’s parents
Matrilocality
Traces kinship through the fathers family
Patrilineal Descent
Traces kinship through the mothers family
Matrilineal Descent
Kinship is traced through both parent’s families
Bilateral Decent
The father holds most of the authority
Patriarchy
The mother holds most of the authority
Matriarchy
The mother and the father share authority
Egalitarian
A norm forbidding sexual relations or marriage between certain relatives
Incest Taboo
Marrying individuals who have social characteristics similar to their own (age, socioeconomic status, religion, and race)
Homogamy
Marrying between individuals who have different social characteristics
Heterogamy
Families where both the husband and wife have jobs
Dual-Earner Families
Couples that have to take care of both their young children and their aging parents at the same time
Sandwich Generation
