Families and Aging Flashcards
Family
An intimate group consisting of two or more people who (1) have a committed relationship, (2) care for one another and any children, and (3) share close emotional ties and functions.
Incest Taboo
Cultural norms and laws that forbid sexual intercourse between close blood relatives
Marriage
A socially approved mating relationship that people expect to be stable and enduring
Endogamy (homogamy)
Cultural practice of marrying within one’s group
Exogamy (heterogamy)
Cultural practice of marrying outside one’s group
Nuclear Family
A family form composed of married parents and their biological or adopted children .
Extended family
A family form composed of parents, children, and other kin
Patrilocal residence pattern
Newly married couples live with the husband’s family.
Matrilocal residence pattern
Newly married couples live with the wife’s family.
Neolocal residence pattern
A newly married couple sets up its own residence
Boomerang Generation
Young Adults who move back into their parents’ home or never leave it in the first place
Matriarchal family system
The oldest females control cultural, political, and economic resources and, consequently, have the power over males.
Patriarchal family systems
The oldest males control cultural, political, and economic resources and, consequently, have the power over females.
Egalitarian family
Both partners share power and authority fairly equally
Marriage Market
Prospective spouses compare the assets and liabilities of eligible partners and choose the best available mate .
Arranged marriage
Parents or relatives choose the children’s spouses
Monogamy
One person is marries exclusively to another person
Serial monogamy
individuals marry several people, but one at a time.
Polygamy
A man or woman has two or more spouses
Cohabitation
Two unrelated people aren’t married but live together and are in a sexual relationship
Dating cohabitation
A couple that spends a great deal of time together decides to move in together.
Premarital cohabitation
A couple loves together before getting married
Fictive Kin
nonrelatives who are accepted as part of a family.
Intimate partner violence (IPV)
Abuse that occurs between people in a close relationship.
Child Maltreatment (child abuse)
A broad range of behaviors that place a child at serious risk or result in serious harm, including physical and sexual abuse, neglect, and emotional mistreatment.
Elder Abuse (elder mistreatment)
Any knowing, intentional, or negligent act by a caregiver or other person that causes harm to people age 65 or older.
Life expectancy
the average expected number of years of life remaining at a given age.
Baby boomers
People born between 1946 and 1964
Old-age dependency ratio
The number of people age 65 and older who aren’t in the labor force relative to the number of working-age adults ages 18 to 64.
Activity Theory
Proposes that many older people remain engaged in numerous roles and activities including work .
Exchange Theory
Posits that people seek through their social interactions to maximize their rewards and minimize their costs.
Ageism
Discrimination against older people
Continuity Theory
Posits that older adults can substitute satisfying new roles for those they’ve lost.
