finals II Flashcards
an incomplete family
nuclear family
what is an extended family
an extended family includes the grandparents and the cousins
lives with his/her biological or adopted child (divorced, unmarried)
single-parent
remarried couple with their children
blended family
one of the main organizing principles of society
kinship
achieved by birth or blood affinity
consanguineal kinship
biological relationship
descent
the LINE where one’s descent is traced
lineage
tracing the affiliation of a person through descent of only one sex
unilineal descent
both ancestral lines of the mother and father
bilateral descent
finding relatives from the men, sons or fathers of the family in the ancestral line
patrilinal
finding relatives from the women, daughters or mothers
matrilineal
union of a COUPLE through LEGAL and socially acceptable means
marriage
marrying within a specific ethnic group, class or social group
endogamy
marrying outside group, class or social group, maintaining boundaries
exogamous