Chapter 14 Flashcards
A type of unilateral descent that follows either the father’s or the mother’s side exclusively
ambilineal
The act of entering into marriage while still married to another person
bigamy
The tracing of kinship through both parents’ ancestral lines
bilateral descent
When a couple shares a residence but is not married
cohabitation
An intimate relationship that lasts only as long as the satisfaction it brings to both partners
confluent love
A family whose members are connected by divorce rather than marriage, for example ex in laws, or ex spouse’s new partners
divorce extended family
Social relationships are based on giving and returning valued goods or services. Individuals seek to maximize their rewards in their interactions with others
exchange theory
A household that includes at least one parent and child as well as other relatives like grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins
extended family
Socially recognized groups of individuals who may be joined by blood, marriage, or adoption, and who form an emotional connection and an economic unit of society
family
A sociological model of family that sees the progression of events as fluid rather than as occurring in strict stages
family life course
A set of predictable steps and patterns that families experience over time
family life cycle
The family into which one is born
family of orientation
A family that is formed through marriage
family of procreation
A condition of constant mobility, unpredictability and change in relationships within contemporary society
fluid modernity
The social rule that an individual may not have sex with or marry someone who is a close blood relative
incest taboo
Violence that occurs between individuals who maintain a romantic or sexual relationship; includes unmarried, cohabiting, and same-sex couples, as well as heterosexual married couples
intimate partner violence (IPV)
A person’s traceable ancestry (by blood, marriage, and/or adoption)
kinship
A system of social organization based on real or putative family ties
kinship system
A legally recognized contract between two or more people in a sexual relationship, who have an expectation of permanence about their relationship
marriage
Relatively egalitarian, small scale agricultural societies in which mothering is recognized as the central unifying structure
matriarchy
A type of unilateral descent that follows the mother’s side only
matrilineal descent
A system in which it is customary for a husband to live with his wife’s family
matrilocal residence
When someone is married to only one person at a time
monogamy
A cohabiting man and woman who are married and have at least one biological child under the age of 18
nuclear family
A type of love which expresses the emotions of impulsive and pervasive sexual attachment to another
passionate love
A type of unilateral descent that follows the father’s line only
patrilineal descent
A system in which it is customary for a wife to live with (or near) her husband’s family
patrilocal residence
The practice of sharing intimate relationships with more than one partner
polyamory
A form of marriage in which one woman is married to more than one man at one time
polyandry
The state of being committed or married to more than one person at a time
polygamy
A form of marriage in which one man is married to more than one woman at one time
polygyny
A non-institutionalized form of intimacy in which couples enter into a relationship that lasts only as long as the satisfaction it brings to both partners
pure relationship
A group of medical symptoms, such as brain swelling and retinal hemorrhage, resulting from forcefully shaking or impacting an infant’s head
shaken-baby syndrome
A large, rural, multi-generational, economically self-sufficient family, in which one of the children marries and remains in the family home while other siblings move away
stem family
A couple family in which at least one child is the biological or adopted child of only one married spouse or common-law partner and whose birth or adoption preceded the current relationship
stepfamily
Large scale, societal patterns in people’s feelings or emotional responses towards things
structure of feeling
A projection of how many new marriages are expected to fail after 30 years, based on the divorce rate by marriage duration observed in a given year
total divorce rate
The tracing of kinship through one parent only
unilateral descent
