Chapter 3

Question 1

Myth of the Universal Family

Answer 1

• No single type of marriage or family
• Widespread diversity
• Life course perspective- families live in a particular time and place

Question 2

4 Types of Marriage

Answer 2

1. Monogamy
2. Polygyny
3. Polyandry
4. Group Marriage

Question 3

Monogamy

Answer 3

Two spouses

Question 4

Serial monogamy

Answer 4

having more than one sexual partner in sequence

Question 5

Polygamy

Answer 5

More than two spouses

Question 6

Polygyny

Answer 6

one man, multiple wives

Question 7

polyandry

Answer 7

one woman, multiple husbands

Question 8

Group marriage

Answer 8

two or more men married to two or more women

Question 9

Patriarchy

Answer 9

men have power and authority

*manifested in social institutions

Question 10

Matriarchy

Answer 10

women have power and authority

Question 11

Egalitarian

Answer 11

power and authority equally present in men and women

Question 12

Bilateral pattern

Answer 12

descent traced through female and male sides

Question 13

patrilineal pattern

Answer 13

lineage trace through man’s family line

Question 14

matrilineal pattern

Answer 14

lineage traced through woman’s family line

Question 15

Neolocal

Answer 15

Newly married couples live separately from parents

Question 16

Patrilocal

Answer 16

Couple lives with husband’s family

Question 17

Matrilocal

Answer 17

Couple lives with wife’s family

Question 18

Extended/Joint family living

Answer 18

Multigenerational households

Question 19

Unifying themes of Family

Answer 19

• Source of procreation
• Primary agents of socialization
• Provides status to members

Question 20

Dr. Steven Ruggles (2015 speech)

Answer 20

Argues that marital changes are the basis of everything. It changes gender relations wages and work

Question 21

Astronaut families

Answer 21

Parent leaves to another country to make money away from the home

Question 22

Satellite kids

Answer 22

Families from a less affluent country moves to a more affluent country, but the family decides to move back. The kid remains, usually for school/work without their parents

Question 23

Living Apart Together (LAT)

Answer 23

People committed to the relationship decides to not live in the same place. Often occurs with dual workers.

Question 24

Globalization

Answer 24

Economic and other market activity on a world scale

• Expansion of capitalism worldwide
• Expansion of telecommunication and technology
• Growth of multinational corporations

Question 25

Micro transnationalism

Answer 25

Social dynamic of people crossing borders

Question 26

Transnational migration

Answer 26

Often for providing care-global care chain

Question 27

Family based economy

Answer 27

Family members relied heavily on one another to keep the household running and homes were both places of residence and places of work as settlers produced most of their goods and services in their own homes

Question 28

hegemonic social groups

Answer 28

states, interests and ideologies collide with counter-hegemonic or subordinate social groups

Question 29

Population aging

Answer 29

the demographic transition, in which mortality and then fertility decline from higher to lower levels

Question 30

Transnationalism

Answer 30

focus on the microsocial dynamics of human actors crossing and straddling economic and cultural regions as well as state boundaries

Question 31

Freegans

Answer 31

avoid buying certain products and engage in such activities as urban foraging or dumpster diving