FINAL: Ch. 11 Family Flashcards
A legal union based on mutual rights
Marriage
Group of people related by marriage, blood, or adoption
Family
Smallest group: parents and children
Nuclear family
Two or more adult generations of the same family
Extended family
Descent and inheritance are passed from father to his male descendants
Patrilineal
Descent and inheritance are passed from mother to her female descendants
Matrilineal
Requires individuals to marry outside their group
Exogamy
Requires individuals to marry within their own group
Endogamy
One man to only one woman
Monogamy
One man/woman to multiple people
Polygamy
Marriage of one man to two or more women at the same time
Polygyny
Marriage of one female to two or more males at the same time
Polyandry
Family’s capacity to emerge from crisis as stronger and more resourceful
Family resiliency
Family where one of the partners in the marriage has been married before and has one or more children from a previous marriage
Blended families
Living with someone without legal obligations and responsibilities
Cohabition
More adults caught between caring for family of orientation and the family they formed
Sandwich generation
Families with children under age 18 headed by a parent who is widowed or divorced and not remarried, or by a parent who has never married.
Single-parent families
