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Industrialized Societies

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Marriage is monogamous; gives rise to nuclear family; favour neolocality; use bilateral descent; courtship based on romantic love is central; Family size decreased (cost, women in labour force)

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Pre-industrial Societies

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Recognize the extended family; permit polygamy; either patrilineal or matrilineal; Arranged marriages are common; large families are necessary because children are a source of needed labour

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Marriage

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A legal relationship, usually involving economic cooperation, sexual activity, and childbearing

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Polygyny

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Marriage that unites one man and two or more women

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Matrilocality

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A residential pattern in which a married couple lives with or near the wife’s family

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Extended Family

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A family consisting of parents and children as well as other kin; also known as a consanguine family

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Exogamy

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Marriage between people of different social categories

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Family

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A social institution found in all societies that unites people in cooperative groups to care for one another; including any children

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Bilateral Descent

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A system tracing kinship through both men and women

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Matrilineal Descent

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A system tracing kinship through women

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Endogamy

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Marriage between people of the same social category

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Descent

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The system by which members of a society trace kinship over generations

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Nuclear Family

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A family composed of one or two parents and their children; also known as conjugal family

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Patrilineal Descent

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A system tracing kinship through men

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Kinship

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A social bond based on common ancestry, marriage, or adoption

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Monogamy

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Marriage that unites two partners

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Neolocality

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A residential pattern in which a married couple lives apart from both sets of parents

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Polygamy

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Marriage that unites a person with two or more spouses

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Polyandry

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Marriage that unites one woman with two or more men

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Patrilocality

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A residential pattern in which a married couple lives with or near the husband’s family

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Functions

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Socialization of children; Regulation of sexual activity in order to maintain kinship organization/property rights; Giving children a social identity; Providing material/emotional support

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Social-Conflict Theory

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Families perpetuate social inequality; Families ensure continuation of class structure by passing on wealth; perpetuate gender roles; Tendency of those to marry others like themselves supports racial/ethnic hierarchies

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Symbolic-Interaction Theory

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Family members build emotional bonds in course of everyday family life

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Social-Exchange Theory

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Sees courtship and marriage as a process of negotiation in which each person weighs the advantages/disadvantages of a potential partner

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“Family Values” Debate

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Revolves around who cares for children when both parents work outside the home

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“Empty Nest”

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Departure of children; requires adjustments to family life

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Sandwich Generation

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Middle-aged couples care for children and aging parents

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Infidelity

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Sexual activity outside one’s marriage

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Homogamy

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Marriage between people with the same social characteristics

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Social Class

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Determines a family’s financial security and opportunities available to family members

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Gender

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Husbands dominate in most marriages; marriage provides more benefits for men than for women; men are more likely to remarry after divorce

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Causes of Divorce

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Individualism; romantic love fades; women are less dependent; many of today’s marriages are stressful; divorce is socially acceptable; legally, a divorce is easier to get

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Family Violence

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Emotional, physical, or sexual abuse of one family member by another; Is more common than records indicate; most adults were themselves abused as children

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Common-Law Marriages

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Proportion increased from 8-20%

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Cohabitation

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The sharing of a household by an unmarried couple

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