Ch. 14 Marriage and Family

Question 1

a type of unilateral descent that follows either the father’s or the mother’s side exclusively

Answer 1

ambilineal

Question 2

the act of entering into marriage while still married to another person

Answer 2

bigamy

Question 3

the tracing of kinship through both parents’ ancestral lines

Answer 3

bilateral descent

Question 4

the act of a couple sharing a residence while they are not married

Answer 4

cohabitation

Question 5

a household that includes at least one parent and child as well as other relatives like grandparents,
aunts, uncles, and cousins

Answer 5

extended family

Question 6

socially recognized groups of individuals who may be joined by blood, marriage, or adoption and who form an
emotional connection and an economic unit of society

Answer 6

family

Question 7

a sociological model of family that sees the progression of events as fluid rather than as occurring
in strict stages

Answer 7

family life course

Question 8

a set of predictable steps and patterns families experience over time

Answer 8

family life cycle

Question 9

the family into which one is born

Answer 9

family of orientation

Question 10

a family that is formed through marriage

Answer 10

family of procreation

Question 11

violence that occurs between individuals who maintain a romantic or sexual
relationship

Answer 11

intimate partner violence (IPV)

Question 12

a person’s traceable ancestry (by blood, marriage, and/or adoption)

Answer 12

kinship

Question 13

a legally recognized contract between two or more people in a sexual relationship who have an expectation
of permanence about their relationship

Answer 13

marriage

Question 14

a type of unilateral descent that follows the mother’s side only

Answer 14

matrilineal descent

Question 15

a system in which it is customary for a husband to live with the his wife’s family

Answer 15

matrilocal residence

Question 16

the act of being married to only one person at a time

Answer 16

monogamy

Question 17

two parents (traditionally a married husband and wife) and children living in the same household

Answer 17

nuclear family

Question 18

a type of unilateral descent that follows the father’s line only

Answer 18

patrilineal descent

Question 19

a system in which it is customary for the a wife to live with (or near) the her husband’s family

Answer 19

patrilocal residence

Question 20

a form of marriage in which one woman is married to more than one man at one time

Answer 20

polyandry

Question 21

the state of being committed or married to more than one person at a time

Answer 21

polygamy

Question 22

a form of marriage in which one man is married to more than one woman at one time

Answer 22

polygyny

Question 23

a group of medical symptoms such as brain swelling and retinal hemorrhage resulting
from forcefully shaking or impacting an infant’s head

Answer 23

shaken-baby syndrome

Question 24

the tracing of kinship through one parent only

Answer 24

unilateral descent

Question 25

uphold the notion that families are an important social institution and that they play a key role in stabilizing society. They also note that family members take on status roles in a marriage or family

Answer 25

Functionalism

Question 26

U.S. families have been defined as private entities, the consequence of which has been to leave family matters to only those within the family. Many people in the United States are resistant to government intervention in the family

Answer 26

Conflict Theory

Question 27

stress that family is not an objective, concrete reality. Like other social phenomena, it is a social construct that is subject to the ebb and flow of social norms and ever-changing meanings.

Answer 27

Symbolic Interactionism