Final- Ch. 16

Question 1

a form of marriage in which men have more than one wife

Answer 1

Polygyny

Question 2

a form of marriage in which women have more than one husband

Answer 2

Polyandry

Question 3

two or more people who consider themselves related by blood, marriage, or adoption

Answer 3

Family

Question 4

a family consisting of a husband, wife, and child(ren).

Answer 4

Nuclear Family

Question 5

a family in which relatives such as the “older generation” or unmarried aunts and uncles, live with the parents and their children

Answer 5

Extended Family

Question 6

the family in which a person grows up

Answer 6

Family of Orientation

Question 7

the family formed when a couple’s first child is born

Answer 7

Family Procreation

Question 8

a group’s approved mating arrangements, usually marked by a ritual of some sort

Answer 8

Marriage

Question 9

the practice of marrying within one’s own group

Answer 9

Endogamy

Question 10

the practice of marrying outside of one’s group

Answer 10

Exogamy

Question 11

the rule that prohibits sex and marriage among designated relatives

Answer 11

Incest Taboo

Question 12

how kinship is traced over the generations

Answer 12

System of Descent

Question 13

a system of reckoning descent that counts both the mother’s and the father’s side.

Answer 13

Bilineal System (of descent)-

Question 14

a system of reckoning descent that counts only the father’s side

Answer 14

Patrilineal System (of descent)-

Question 15

a system of reckoning descent that counts only the mother’s side

Answer 15

Matrilineal System (of descent)-

Question 16

men-as-a group dominating women-as-a-group authority is vested in men

Answer 16

Patriarchy

Question 17

a society in which women-as-a-group dominate men-as-a-group; authority is vested in females

Answer 17

Matriarchy

Question 18

authority more or less equally divided between people or groups (in heterosexual marriage, for example, between husband and wife)

Answer 18

Egalitarian

Question 19

feelings of erotic attraction accompanied by an idealization of the other

Answer 19

Romantic Love

Question 20

the tendency of people with similar characteristics to marry one another

Answer 20

Homogamy

Question 21

an emphasis on male strength and dominance

Answer 21

Machismo

Question 22

a family whose members were once part of other families

Answer 22

Blended Family

Question 23

unmarried couples living together in a sexual relationship

Answer 23

Cohabitation

Question 24

sexual relations between relatives, such as brothers and sisters or parents and children

Answer 24

Incest