Section A: Individual, family and society Flashcards
What are the four main functions of a family
1) to produce children (procreation)
2) to rear and socialize children
3) to provide economic needs
4) to satisfy emotional needs
What is procreation?
Reproduction - the bringing forth of offspring
What is fertility rate?
The average number of children born to each woman in her lifetime
What is economic function?
Provision of basic needs: food, shelter, security, practical care, health care and education for all family members.
What is a union?
A union is the relationship between the adult partners in a family and includes legal marriage, common law, consensual and visiting relationships
Divorce
When a legal marriage is legally ended
Legal separation
When the couple no longer live together but remain legally married
Monogamy
Being married to one other person
Polygamy
(illegal in the Caribbean)
When someone is married to more than one other person
A nuclear family
Also know as immediate family includes two parents and their children
An extended family
Made up of two or more generations including relatives from outside the nuclear family living together
A single parent
Only one parent and his or her children
A reconstituted or reconstructed family
Two adults living with children from previous relationships
A joint family
A type of extended family in which married children and their partners and children live together often with the grandparents
A sibling family
Both parents are absent because of death or migration and older children look after younger ones
What is family planning?
Choosing how many children to have when and at what intervals and using effective contraception to prevent unwanted pregnancy
Culture
Patterns of behavior, social interaction, religion, belief, custom, tradition and ways of life of a people
Folkways
Cultural traditions and patterns of behavior established over a long period of time
Social group
Made up of two or more people who interact with each other share common interests, a feeling of identity or belonging and have common goals,roles and expectations
Primary group
Usually Small, members meet frequently and interact face to face, all members interact with each other
Secondary group
Larger than primary group, members interact less frequently and often indirectly or not with all the other members
Formal group
Has a clear structure, defined membership requirements,roles, leadership, common interests and goals, set rules and regulations
Informal group
Has no clear structure, no membership requirements and leadership may be temporary or changing, with changing goals, no set or written rules
Voluntary membership
When people can choose whether to belong
