Final Flashcards
Nuclear family
A married couple and their unmarried children living together
Family
A set of people related by blood, marriage, or some other agreed upon relationship, or adoption, who share the responsibility for reproduction and caring for members of society
Extended family
A family in which relatives, such as grandparents, aunts, or uncles, live in the same home as parents and their children
Family of orientation
The family into which individuals are born
Family procreation
The family which individuals enter into during adulthood in order to have our Apple children of their own
Endogamy
The restriction of mate selection to people within the same group
Exogamy
The requirement that people select mated outside certain groups
Incest taboo
The prohibition of sexual relationships between certain culturally specified relatives
Monogamy
A form of marriage in which one woman and one man are married only to each other
Serial monogamy
A form of marriage in which a person may have several spouses in his or her lifetime, but only one spouse at a time.
Polygamy
A form of marriage in which an individual can have several husbands or wives simultaneously
Polyandry
A form of polygamy in which a woman may have more than one husband at the same time
Polygyny
A form of polygamy in which a man may have more than one wife at the same time
Patriarchy
A society in which men dominate in family decision making
Matriarchy
A society in which women dominate in family decision making
Matrilineal descent
A kinship system in which only the relatives of the mother are significant
Patrilineal descent
A kinship system in which only the relatives of the father are significant
Bilateral descent
A kinship system in which both sides of a person’s family are regarded as equally important