introduction to F & H

Question 1

what is a family?

Answer 1

a social institution consisting of a group of people who are related by kinship ties

Question 2

what are kinship ties?

Answer 2

-relations of blood
-marriage / civil partnerships
-adoption

Question 3

what is a household?

Answer 3

who you live with/ living arrangements

Question 4

what is monogamy?

Answer 4

-two individuals
-found in Europe, the USA and most christian cultures

Question 5

what is serial monogamy?

Answer 5

a series of monogamous marriages
-found in Europe, and the USA, where there are high rates of divorce and remarriage

Question 6

what is an arranged marriage?

Answer 6

marriages arranged by parents to match their children with partners of a similar background and status
-found in Indian Sub-Continent and Muslim, Sikh and Hindu minority ethnic groups in britain

Question 7

what is a civil partnership?

Answer 7

gets legal recognition to the relationships of same sex couples giving civil partners equal treatment to married couples in a wide range of legal matters
In 2014, gay and lesbian couples were legally enabled to marry on the same basis as different sex couples

Question 8

what is polygamy?

Answer 8

marriage to more than one partner at the same time
-includes polygyny and polyandry

Question 9

what is polygyny?

Answer 9

one husband and two or more wives
-found in Islamic countries like Egypt and Saudi Arabia

Question 10

what is polyandry?

Answer 10

One wife and two or more husbands
-found in Tibet, among the Todas of southern India, and among the Marquesan Islanders

Question 11

what is a nuclear family?

Answer 11

two generations, parents and children living in same household

Question 12

what is an extended family?

Answer 12

all kin including and beyond the nuclear family

Question 13

what is a classic extended family?

Answer 13

an extended family sharing the same household or living near each other

Question 14

what is a modified extended family?

Answer 14

an extended family living far apart but keeping in touch by phone, letters email, facebook, frequent visits etc

Question 15

what is a beanpole family?

Answer 15

a multi generation extended family, which is long and thin, with few aunts, uncles and cousins, reflecting fewer children being born in each generation, but people living longer

Question 16

what is a patriarchal family?

Answer 16

authority held by males

Question 17

what is a matriarchal family?

Answer 17

authority held by females

Question 18

what is a symmetrical family?

Answer 18

authority and household tasks share between male and female partners

Question 19

what is a reconstituted family / step family / blended family?

Answer 19

one or both partners previously married, with children of previous relationships

Question 20

what is a lone parent family ?

Answer 20

lone parent with dependent children, most commonly after divorce or separation

Question 21

what is a gay or lesbian family?

Answer 21

same sex couple living together with children

Question 22

what is a single person household?

Answer 22

an individual living alone

Question 23

_______ (1897-1985) argues that the nuclear family played a vital role in _______, ______ & _____ children
—> it’s a universal institution
however there are examples around the world of families where biological parents are not primary caregivers, suggesting Murdock argument could be contested

Answer 23

Murdock
producing, rearing & socialising

Question 24

Communes
-developed in Europe & USA in 1960s as a counter moment to conventional capitalist society
—> associated with hippie lovely
-emphasise ______ _______
-children seen as responsibility of commune not just of their biological families

Answer 24

shared ownership

Question 25

the kibbutz, an Israeli commune
-children brought up by professional parents known as ______
-biological parents traditionally only saw their children for _____ time each day
-in recent years parents and children can share accommodation
-all families get same amount of _____
-provides for family (houses, healthcare, childcare etc)

Answer 25

metapelets
limited
money

Question 26

non nuclear families:
-increasing in ______ _____
-like parent families (___m with dependent children)
-______ children in care in the uk
—> foster and adoption families

Answer 26

western societies
75000

Question 27

the nayar people & polyandry
-nayar people of SW _____, before 19th century, there was no nuclear families
-women free to have sexual relationships with up to __ men
-if biological father is uncertain it is the mothers brothers responsibility for the child

Answer 27

India
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