THE FAMILY Flashcards

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The basic social institution

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FAMILY

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2
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the primary group in society

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FAMILY

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A social group characterized by common residence, economic cooperation and reproduction.

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FAMILY

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  1. The family as a social group is universal and is significant element in man’s social life.
  2. It is the first social group to which the individual is exposed
  3. Family contract and relationships are repetitive and continuous.
  4. The family is very close and intimate group.
  5. It is the setting of the most intense emotional experience during the lifetime of the individual.
  6. The family affects the individual’s social values disposition and outlook in life
  7. The family has the unique position of serving as a link between the individual and the larger society.
  8. The family is also unique in providing continuity of social life.
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Characteristics of a Family

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It includes both sexes, at least two of who maintain a socially approved sexual relationship, and one or two children. (Mudock,1949).

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FAMILY

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  • Primary or elementary family
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Nuclear

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  • Composed of the father, mother and children
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Nuclear

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7
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  • Two or more nuclear families related to each other economically or socially
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Extended

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  • Extension through unmarried children and the married children with their families live with the parents.
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Extended

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  • Extension through polygamous marriage.
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Extended

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10
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  • One parent, either a father or a mother as a consequence of divorce, abandonment or separation of lives with a child or children of his/her own.
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Single Parent

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  • Living alone, usually with a career, who may or may not desire to marry
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Single Adult

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12
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  • Children in orphanages, residential schools and correctional institutions
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Institutional Family

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13
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  • Husband and wife live together without any child, one or both maybe gainfully employed
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Dyadic Nuclear Family

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  • A homosexual couple, male or female lives together with or without adopted children
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Homosexual Family

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  • Remarried men and women living in a common household with children from both previous marriages and from the current marriage
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Reconstituted Nuclear Family

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  • Old, unmarried couple living together usually because of companionship or financial reasons
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Cohabiting

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17
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  • Husband and wife at home or either are gainfully employed and children have been “launched” into career or marriage
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Middle-aged or Aging Couple

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18
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  • Requires the newly-wed couple to live with the family of the bridegroom or near the residence of the parents of the bridegroom.
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Patrilocal

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  • Requires the newly-wed couple to live with or near the residence of the bride’s parents.
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Matrilocal

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  • Provides the newly wed couples the choice of staying with either the groom’s parents or the bride’s parents, depending on factors like the relative wealth of the families or their status, or their status, the wishes of their parents or certain personal preferences of the bride or the groom.
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Bilocal

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  • Permits the couple to reside independently of their parents. They can decide on their own as far as their residence is concern.
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Neolocal

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22
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  • Prescribes the newly-wed couple to reside with or near the maternal uncle of the groom.
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Avunculocal

23
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  • Affiliates a person with a group of relatives through his or her father.
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Patrilineal

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  • Affiliates a person with a group of relatives through his or her mother.
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Matrilineal

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  • Affiliates a person with a group of relatives related through both his or her parents.
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Bilateral

26
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  • Authority is vested in the oldest male in the family.
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Patriarchal

27
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  • Authority is vested in the mother or mother’s kin.
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Matriarchal

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  • The husband and wife exercise a more or less equal amount of authority.
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Egalitarian

29
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  • Prolonged absence of the father gives the mother a dominant position in the family, although the father may also share with the mother in decision-making.
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Matricentric

30
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  1. Regulates sexual behavior and reproduction
  2. Biological maintenance
  3. Socialization
  4. Family gives its member status
  5. Social control
  6. Economic
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FUNCTIONS OF A FAMILY

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a. Within the marriage bond, sex expression is socially sanctioned. It also serves to provide legitimate children with a status.

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  1. Regulates sexual behavior and reproduction
32
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a. the human infant is born helpless and parents fill the roles of a protector, provider and guardian. They look after the infant’s physical and maternal needs, giving it sustenance, nourishment and protection.

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  1. Biological maintenance
33
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a. the family transmit culture of the group, its patterned ways of living and values through example, teaching and indoctrination.

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  1. Socialization
34
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a. The family continually exerts pressure on its members to make them conform to what it considers as desirable behavior.

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  1. Social control
35
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a. The family provides economic needs of the members.

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  1. Economic
36
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Establishing a mutually satisfying marriage.

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  1. Beginning Family
37
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Planning to have or not have children.

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  1. Beginning Family
38
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Having and adjusting to infant.

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  1. Child-bearing Family
39
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  • Supporting the needs of all three members.
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  1. Child-bearing Family
40
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  • Renegotiating marital relationships.
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  1. Child-bearing Family
41
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  • Guiding a child in his growth and development
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  1. Family w/ pre-school children
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  • Preparing a child in entering in a school
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  1. Family w/ pre-school children
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  • Adjusting to the activity of the growing children
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  1. Family w/ school-age children
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  • Promoting joint decisions between children and parents.
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  1. Family w/ school-age children
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  • Encouraging and supporting children’s educational achievements.
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  1. Family w/ school-age children
46
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  • Maintaining open communication among members.
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  1. Family w/ teenager and young adults
47
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  • Supporting ethical and moral values within the family.
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  1. Family w/ teenager and young adults
48
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  • Balancing freedom with responsibility of teenagers
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  1. Family w/ teenager and young adults
49
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  • Releasing young adults with appropriate rituals and assistance.
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  1. Family w/ teenager and young adults
50
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  • Strengthening marital relationships.
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  1. Post-parental family
51
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  • Maintaining supportive home base
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  1. Post-parental family
52
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I. Preparing for retirement

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  1. Aging family
53
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II. Maintaining ties with younger and older generations

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  1. Aging family
54
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III. Adjusting to retirement

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  1. Aging family
55
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IV. Adjusting to loss of spouse

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  1. Aging family