Sociology Test 3a Flashcards
family
a social institution in all societies that unites people in cooperative groups to care for on another, including children
kinship
social bond based on common ancestry, marriage or adoption
marriage
legal relationship, usually involving economic cooperation, sexual activity and childbearing
extended family
family consisting of parents and children as well as other kin
nuclear family
family composed of one or two parents and their children
endogamy patterns
marriage between people of same social category
exogamy
marriage between people of different social categories; links communities and encourages spread of culture
monogamy
marriage that unites two partners
polygyny
marriage that unites one man and two or more women
polyandry
marriage that unites one woman and two or more men
patrilocality
residential pattern in which a married couple lives with or hear the husbands family
matrilocality
residential pattern in which a married couple lives with or near the wifes family
neolocality
residential pattern in which a married couple lives apart from both sets of parents
descent
system by which members of a society trace kinship over generations
patrilineal descent
system tracing kinship through men; children related only through their fathers
matrilineal descent
system tracing kinship through women
bilateral descent
system tracing kinship through both men and women
structural functional approach to family
family is back bone of society socialize regulate sexual activity social placement material and emotional security
social conflict approach to family
considers family central to our way of life, how family perpetuates social inequality
symbolic interaction approach to family
family members share activities over time, they identify with each other and build emotional bonds
social exchange approach to family
courtship and marriage are forms of negotiation
stages of family
courtship
settling
child rearing
family in later life
alternative family forms
single parent
cohabitation
gay and lesbian couple
singlehood
families of affinity
people who think of themselves as a family and wish others to do the same
what is the divorce rate?
42%
how many women die per year from familial violence
1100
how many cases of child abuse a year? how many die? caused by whom?
3 million
700 die
caused by mother
neglect is most common type
what percent of homicides of men and women are committed by a romantic partner?
35% of female homicides
3% of male homicides
at what average age do men and women get married now?
women-27
men-28
