chapter 14: Marriage and Family

Question 1

societal institutions

Answer 1

a basic unit of social structure

Question 2

ambilineal

Answer 2

a type of unilateral descent that follows either the father’s or the mother’s side
exclusively

Question 3

bigamy

Answer 3

the act of entering into marriage while still married to another person

Question 4

bilateral descent

Answer 4

the tracing of kinship through both parents’ ancestral lines

Question 5

cohabitation

Answer 5

when a couple shares a residence but is not married

Question 6

extended family

Answer 6

a household that includes at least one parent and child as well as other relatives
like grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins

Question 7

family life course

Answer 7

a sociological model of family that sees the progression of events as fluid
rather than as occurring in strict stages

Question 8

family life cycle:

Answer 8

a set of predictable steps and patterns families experience over time

Question 9

family of orientation:

Answer 9

the family into which one is born

Question 10

family of procreation

Answer 10

a family that is formed through marriage

Question 11

family

Answer 11

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

Question 12

intimate partner violence (IPV)

Answer 12

violence that occurs between individuals who maintain a

romantic or sexual relationship

Question 13

kinship

Answer 13

a person’s traceable ancestry (by blood, marriage, and/or adoption)

Question 14

marriage

Answer 14

a legally recognized contract between two or more people in a sexual relationship who
have an expectation of permanence about their relationship

Question 15

matrilineal descent

Answer 15

a type of unilateral descent that follows the mother’s side only

Question 16

matrilocal residence

Answer 16

a system in which it is customary for a husband to live with the his wife’s
family

Question 17

monogamy

Answer 17

when someone is married to only one person at a time

Question 18

nuclear family

Answer 18

two parents (traditionally a married husband and wife) and children living in the
same household

Question 19

patrilineal descent

Answer 19

a type of unilateral descent that follows the father’s line only

Question 20

patrilocal residence:

Answer 20

a system in which it is customary for the a wife to live with (or near) the
her husband’s family

Question 21

polyandry

Answer 21

a form of marriage in which one woman is married to more than one man at one time

Question 22

polygamy

Answer 22

the state of being committed or married to more than one person at a time

Question 23

polygyny

Answer 23

a form of marriage in which one man is married to more than one woman at one time

Question 24

shaken-baby syndrome

Answer 24

a group of medical symptoms such as brain swelling and retinal
hemorrhage resulting from forcefully shaking or impacting an infant’s head

Question 25

unilateral descent

Answer 25

the tracing of kinship through one parent only.