Definitions Of Family. Flashcards

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Traditional nuclear family

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A household composed of a heterosexual couple and between 1-3 children usually.

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Symmetrical family

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In relation to the domestic division of labour, it is a family those couple attempts to distribute the responsibility over domestic tasks as equally as possible between them and perhaps the children

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Polygamy

such as in the case of the ____ people.

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Households where those comprising it agree to have multiple partners should they choose.

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Monogamy

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A household where their is a couple of 2, who take no other partners.

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Vertically extended family otherwise known as a…
Referring to…

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Beanpole family.

Referring to how it looks on a family tree map.
Vertical as in, the family comprised of members of all generations that do not horizontally extend

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Reconstituted family

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Families that have a partner that has belonged to previous Family, a step Family therefore becomes apart of it.

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