ch.12 Flashcards
(45 cards)
Define family
Two or more people who consider themselves related by blood, marriage, or adoption.
What are the different classifications/types of families?
- Nuclear
- Single parent
- Same sex
- Extended
- Family of orientation
- Procreation
Define nuclear family.
A family consisting of a husband, wife, and children.
Define single parent family.
A family consisting of either a dad and child or a mom and child.
Define same sex family.
A family where a mom and mom or dad and dad raise children.
Define extended family.
A family in which relatives, such as grandparents or unmarried uncles, live with their parents and their children.
Define family of orientation.
The family in which a person grows up.
Define family of procreation.
The family formed when a couple’s first child is born.
Define monogamy.
The practice of having only one spouse or sexual partner at a time.
Define polygamy.
The practice of having more than one spouse or sexual partner at a time.
Define polygyny.
A form of polygamy where a man has multiple wives.
Define polyandry.
A form of polygamy where a woman has multiple husbands.
Define homogamy.
The tendency to marry someone with similar social, economic, or cultural characteristics.
Define endogamy.
The practice of marrying within one’s own group.
Define exogamy.
The practice of marrying outside of one’s group.
Define patrilineal system of descent.
A system of reckoning descent that counts only the father’s side.
Define matrilineal system of descent.
A system of reckoning descent that counts only the mother’s side.
Define bilineal system of descent.
A system of reckoning descent that counts both the mother’s and the father’s side.
Define patriarchy.
A group dominating women as a group with authority vested in males.
Define matriarchy.
A society in which women as a group dominate men with authority vested in females.
Define egalitarian.
Authority more or less equally divided between people or groups.
What are the key differences between marriage in traditional and industrialized societies?
- Traditional: Arrange marriage, wife does housework, husband is the breadwinner, kids care for parents
- Industrialized: Freedom of marriage, both partners work, kids have a secondary role
When did same-sex marriage become legal across the United States?
June 26, 2015 (Obergefell v. Hodges)
What are the common functionalist views of family/marriage?
- Economic production
- Socialization of children
- Care of the sick and aged
- Recreation
- Sexual control
- Reproduction
