Definitions Of Family. Flashcards
Traditional nuclear family
A household composed of a heterosexual couple and between 1-3 children usually.
Symmetrical family
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
Polygamy
such as in the case of the ____ people.
Households where those comprising it agree to have multiple partners should they choose.
Monogamy
A household where their is a couple of 2, who take no other partners.
Vertically extended family otherwise known as a…
Referring to…
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
Reconstituted family
Families that have a partner that has belonged to previous Family, a step Family therefore becomes apart of it.