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1
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The study of ancestry and family history.

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genealogy

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Groups of related people, bound by connections that are biological, legal, or emotional

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families

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3
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The people to whom we feel related and who we expect to define us as members of their family as well.

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personal family

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4
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A group of individuals related by birth, marriage, or adoption.

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legal family

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A periodic count of people in a population and their characteristics, usually performed as an official government function.

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census

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6
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A group of people that lives and eats separately from other groups

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household

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7
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A social space in which relations between people in common positions are governed by accepted rules of interaction

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institutional arena

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The institutional arena where people practice intimacy, childbearing and socialization, and caring work

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family arena

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The institutional arena where, through political means, behavior is legally regulated, violence is controlled, and resources are redistributed

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state

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10
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The institutional arena where labor for pay, economic exchange, and wealth accumulation take place

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market

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A perspective that projects an image of society as the collective expression of shared norms and values

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consensus perspective

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12
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An employed father, a nonemployed mother, and their children

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breadwinner-homemaker family

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The view that opposition and conflict define a given society and are necessary for social evolution

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conflict perspective

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A theory that seeks to understand and ultimately reduce inequality between men and women

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feminist theory

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The process by which individuals internalize elements of the social structure in their own personalities

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socialization

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The theory that individuals or groups with different resources, strengths, and weaknesses enter into mutual relationships to maximize their own gains

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exchange theory

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A theory concerned with the ability of humans to see themselves through the eyes of others and to enact social roles based on others’ expectations

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symbolic interactionism

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A theory of the historical emergence of the individual as an actor in society and how individuality changed personal and institutional relations

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modernity theory

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The amount necessary for a male earner to provide subsistence for his wife and children without their having to work for pay

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family wage

20
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The study of how family behavior and household structures contribute to larger population processes

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demographic perspective

21
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The study of the family trajectories of individuals and groups as they progress through their lives, in social and historical context.

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life course perspective

22
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A group of people who experience an event together at the same point in time

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cohort

23
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The tendency to impose previously held views on the collection and interpretation of facts

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bias

24
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A research method in which identical questions are asked of many different people and their answers gathered into one large data file

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sample survey

25
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A research method in which the same people are interviewed repeatedly over a period of time

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longitudinal surveys

26
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Surveys that collect data on how people spend their time during a sample period, such as a single day or week

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time use studies

27
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Data collections large enough to require special computing resources, and complex enough to require customized computer applications

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big data

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A married couple living with their own (usually biological) children and no extended family members

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nuclear family

29
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Marriage between a man and a woman

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heterogamy

30
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Marriage between two people of the same sex

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homogamy

31
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The system of men’s control over property and fathers’ authority over all family members

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patriarchy

32
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A legal doctrine that lasted until the late nineteenth century, under which wives were incorporated into their husbands’ citizenship

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coverture

33
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Family households in which relatives beyond parents and their children live together

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extended families

34
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The household formed by one grown child remaining in the family home with his or her parents

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stem family

35
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The mate selection process in which couples begin a relationship with supervised contact in public, then proceed to additional dates in the woman’s home and then to marriage if the parents approve

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courtship

36
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The cultural doctrine under which women were to work at home, to make it a sanctuary from the industrial world in which their husbands worked for pay

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separate spheres

37
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A family system in which each person has only one spouse. nuclear family: A married couple living with their own (usually biological) children and no extended family members

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monogamy

38
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A family system in which one person has more than one spouse, usually one man and multiple women

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polygamy

39
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An ideal type of family characterized by the mutual affection, equality, and comradeship of its members.

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companionship family

40
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A view of marriage as a companionship, a friendship, and a romance, rather than as a practical platform for cooperation and survival

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companionate marriage

41
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The mate selection process in which young adults spend time with a variety of partners before making a long-term commitment

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dating

42
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The amount necessary for a male earner to provide subsistence for his wife and children without their having to work for pay

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family wage

43
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The period of high birth rates in the United States between 1946 and 1964

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baby boom

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