Marriage and the family

Question 1

Polyamorous Relationships

Answer 1

romantic consensual relationship with more than one partner.

Question 2

Inbreeding

Answer 2

mating between close kin produces a higher incidence of genetic defects.

Question 3

Family disruption theory

Answer 3

mating between family members would create intense jealousies.

Question 4

Expanding social alliances

Answer 4

marrying outside the family creates a wider network of interfamily alliances.

Question 5

Monogamy

Answer 5

marriage of one man to one woman.

Question 6

Polygyny

Answer 6

Marriage of a man to two or more woman. found in 70% of the world cultures.

Question 7

Polyandry

Answer 7

marriage of a woman to two or more men.

Question 8

Sororal polygyny

Answer 8

Marriage b/w a man and two or more women who are sisters.

Question 9

Ghost marriage

Answer 9

widow marries her dead husbands brother, children of second marriage are said to belong to dead husband.

Question 10

Dowry

Answer 10

Transfer of goods or money from brides family to the groom or the grooms family.

Question 11

Bridewealth

Answer 11

compensation given upon marriage by the family of the groom to the family of the bride.

Question 12

Bride service

Answer 12

Men give labor to the brides family in exchange for a wife.

Question 13

Reciprocal exchange

Answer 13

Involves the roughly equal exchange of gifts between the families of both the bride and the groom.

Question 14

Levirate

Answer 14

if husband dies, his younger brother will marry the surviving widow.

Question 15

Sororate

Answer 15

younger sister of a deceased wife will marry the surviving widower.