the family Flashcards
purpose of the family
reproduction of species
❑ - a father, a mother with child/children living together but apart from both sets of parents and other relatives.
nuclear family
❑_____
- composed of two or more nuclear families economically and socially related to each other. Multigenerational, including married brothers and sisters, and the families.
extended family
❑ ______-divorced or separated, unmarried or widowed male or female with at least one child
single family
❑__________It is also a remarriage with
children from previous marriage.
blended or reconstituted family
❑_________one woman married to two or
more men at the same
polyandry
❑__________one man married to two or more
women at the same
polygamy
❑__________ group marriage ( two or more
men mate with two or more women)
cenogamy
❑_________unmarried couple living together
living in family
❑ _______ —husband and wife living alone without children
childless family
❑ _______ -homosexual couple living together with or without children
gay family
❑ _______- substitute family for children whose parents are unable to care for them
foster family
full authority on the father or any male member of the family e.g. eldest son, grandfather
patriarchal
– full authority of the mother or any female
member of the family, e.g. eldest sister, grandmother
matriarchal
- husband and wife exercise share in decision making
egalitarian
the mother decides/takes charge in absence of
the father (e.g. father is working overseas)
matricentric
❑__________the father decides/ takes charge in absence of the mother
patricentric
❑ family resides / stays with / near domicile of the parents of the husband
patrilocal
❑live near the domicile of the parents of the wife
matrilocal
newly married couple live by themselves
neolocal
