Chapter 12 Vocab Flashcards
Family
Two or more people related by blood, marriage, or adoption
Household
People who occupy the same housing unit
Family of orientation
The family in which an individual grows up
Family of procreation
The family formed when a couple’s first child is born
Polyandry
A form of marriage in which a woman has more than one husband
Patrilineal system
A social structure in which descent is traced only on the father’s side
Endogamy
The practice of marrying within one’s own group
Exogamy
The practice of marrying outside one’s own group
System of descent
How kinship is traced over generations
Egalitarian society
Authority equally divided between people or groups, such as between husband and wife
Gendered division of labor
The arrangement where men and women have separate and specific responsibilities in a marriage
Adultolescent
Another name for boomerang children who return to the empty next after first living on their own
Blended family
A family whose members were once part of other families
Cohabitation
Unmarried couples living in a sexual relationship
Incest
Sexual relations between relatives
