Families And Households Flashcards
Serial monogamy is…
A series of monogamous marriages.
E.g. Marriage, divorce, marriage…
What is an arranged marriage?
A marriage arranged by parents to match their children with partners of a similar background and status.
Define civil partnership
A civil partnership gives legal recognition to the relationships of same sex couples.
Civil partners having equal treatment to married couples.
Polygamy is…
Marriage to more than one partner at the same time
Polygyny is…
When a man has multiple wives
Polyandry is…
When a woman has multiple husbands
Define the nuclear family structure
Two generations: parents and children living in the same house
E.g. Typical family structure
The extended family is…
Everyone else in your family: aunties, uncles, cousins..
Not living with you
Classic extended family is…
More generations living with you.
Define the modified extended family structure.
When your family lives far away yet you still keep in touch with them
Define the beanpole family structure
When the family tree is very slim, does not consist of (if any) many cousins, aunties, uncles, brothers and sisters.
Families having only one child each generation.
What is a patriarchal family?
Authority held by males
What is a matriarchal family?
Authority held by females
A symmetrical family is…
When authority is split evenly
What is a reconstituted/step/blended family?
Adults previously had children then marry again
Define the lone parent family structure.
Single parent with children.
A gay/lesbian family is…
Same sex parents with children.
A matrilineal family…
Traces decent through the female line
A matrifocal family is…
Based on the mother as the head of the family or household.
A vertically extended family consists of…
Grandparents, parents and children (3 generations) living in the same house.
A horizontal extended family…
Involves relations such as aunts, uncles, cousins etc
Relations of the same generation as family
Communes are…
Self sustained and self supporting communities.
Developed in the 60s, among groups of people wanting to develop alternative lifestyles to those of conventional society because of the political or religious beliefs they held.
E.g. Kibbutz
A form of monogamy is…
Two individuals
The expressive role is…
Nurturing, caring and emotional role. Typically the women’s role.
