HDFS302-Unit 1 Flashcards
Bilateral
Descent that can be traced through both male and female sides of the family
Companionate Family
A marriage based on mutual affection, sexual attraction, compatibility, and personal happiness
Conflict Theory
A theory that emphasizes issues surrounding social inequality, power, conflict, and social change.
Developmental Theory
A theory that suggests families, and individual family members, go through distinct stages over time, with each stage having its own set of tasks, roles, and responsibilities.
Egalitarian
The expectation that power and authority are vested in both men and women, equally.
Empirical Approach
An approach that answers questions through a systematic collection and analysis of data
Experiment
A controlled method for determining cause and effect.
Extended Family
A family comprised of parents, children, and other relatives such as grandparents.
Family
A relationship by blood, marriage, or affection, in which members may cooperate economically, may care for children, and may consider their identity to be intimately connected to the larger group.
Family of Orientation
The family that you are born into.
Family of Procreation
The family you make through marriage, partnering, and/or parenthood.
Feminist Theory
A theory in which gender is seen as the central concept for explaining family structure and family dynamics.
Fictive Kin
Non-relatives whose bonds are strong and intimate
Focus Group
A small group interview of people who are brought together to discuss a particular topic.
Human Agency
The ability of human beings to create viable lives even when they are constrained or limited by social forces.
In-depth interview
A research method that allows an interviewer to obtain detailed responses to questions.
Marriage
An institutional arrangement between persons to publicly recognize social and intimate bonds.
Master Status
The major defining status or statuses that a person occupies.
Matriarchy
A form of social organization in which the norm or expectation is that the power and authority in society would be vested in women.
Matrilineal
A descent pattern where lineage is traced exclusively or primarily within women’s families.
Matrilocal
The expectation that a newly married couple will live with the family of the wife.
Macro-level
Focus on the interconnectedness of marriage, families, and intimate relationships with the rest of society.
Microlevel
Focus on the individual and his or her interactions in specific settings.
Monogamy
Marriage between one man and one woman
Neolocal
The expectation that a newly married couple establishes a residence and lives there independently
Nuclear Family
A family comprised of adults and their children.
Observational Study
A research method that goes into the natural setting and observes people in action.
Patriarchy
A form of social organization in which the norm or expectation is that men have a natural right to be in positions of authority over women.
Patrilineal
A descent pattern where lineage is traced exclusively (or at least primarily) through the man’s family line.
Patrilocal
The expectation that a newly married couples will live with the husband’s family.
Polyandry
The marriage pattern in which wives are allowed to have more than one husband.
Polygamy
A system that allows for more than one spouse at a time (gender unspecified)