Individual, Family and Society Flashcards
bigamy
marrying someone while still legally married to another person.
divorce
legal end or dissolution of a legal contracted marriage
kinship
People related by blood or a group of people with common ancestry
status
social position or rank
extended family
A family, including three or more generations
nuclear family
A family with father and mother living with their children
monogamy
Marriage of one man to one woman
polyandry
When a woman has more than one spouse
polygyny
when a man has more than one spouse
Patriarchal
male has dominant authority as he is the head of the household
Matriarchal
Female has dominant authority as she is the head of household
matrifocal
Family party in which the mother carries responsibility for the family
patrifocal
Family protein in which father carries responsibility for the family
Matrilineal
The privileges and duties that follow the female line
patrilineal
The privileges and duties that follow the male line