Key Terms Flashcards
Individualisation
The process where traditional social relationships lose their influence. Sometimes called de-traditionalisation
Confluent Love
Conditional love
Pure Relationship
One in which a couple stay together through choice because the relationship fits their needs
Divorce Rate
The number of divorces per 1000 married people per year
Empty Shell Marriage
Couples who remain married despite no longer having sexual or emotional ties. Married in name only.
Secularisation
The declining importance of religion in society
Cohabitation
Living together without marriage
LAT (Living Apart Together)
Individuals in a committed, long-term relationship who do not live together
Apartner
Couples who choose to live apart
Moral Panic
Public concern about an exaggerated or imaginary threat to society, sensationalised by the media
Reconstituted/Blended Families
Stepfamilies - two or more different families blended together
Natural Families
Families with two natural parents
Cereal Packet Family
Stereotype of the family found in the media - first-time married parents, natural children, living together in traditional roles
Classic Extended Family
Several related nuclear families or family members living in the same house, street or area
Modified Extended Family
Not living geographically close to your extended family but remaining in regular contact with them
Beanpole Family
An extended family that is long and thin - reflecting fewer children being born in each generation but people living longer
Arranged Marriages
Arranged by parents, with a view to compatibility of background and status
Clipped Wing Generation
Young people who have finished their education but are still living with their parents because they cannot afford to rent or buy
‘Kippers’
Kids in Parents Pockets - young people still living with their parents because it is more comfortable and easier to do so
Families of Choice
Shared households, where people choose to live and form relationships with groups of people whom they have closer relations to than their birth families
Dual Worker Family
A family where both parents work
Neo-Conventional Family
Another name for a dual worker family
Life Course
The sequence of significant events we experience as we make our way through life, such as marriage, parenthood, and divorce
