Ch.14 - Families

Question 1

families

Answer 1

relationships where people live together w/ commitment, economic unit, care for young

Question 2

kinship

Answer 2

social network of people based on common ancestry, marriage, adoption

Question 3

family of orientation

Answer 3

family you are born into, site of socialization

Question 4

family of procreation

Answer 4

family you create for yourself

Question 5

extended family

Answer 5

grandparent, cousins, uncles/aunts (living tgt)

Question 6

nuclear family

Answer 6

the standard form of family (a couple w/ dependent children)

Question 7

marriage

Answer 7

unites two or more people (mutual commitment by each partner)

Question 8

monogamy

Answer 8

marriage b/t two partners

Question 9

polygamy

Answer 9

marriage b/t one and multiple partners

Question 10

polygyny

Answer 10

one man + multiple women

Question 11

polyandry

Answer 11

one woman + multiple men

Question 12

patrilineal descent

Answer 12

tracing descent through FATHER’S side

Question 13

matrilineal descent

Answer 13

tracing descent through MOTHER’S side

Question 14

bilateral descent

Answer 14

trace lineage through BOTH sides

Question 15

patriarchal family

Answer 15

male = head of household

Question 16

matriarchal family

Answer 16

female = head of household

Question 17

egalitarian family

Answer 17

both partners = head of household

Question 18

endogamy

Answer 18

practice of marrying INSIDE one’s group (same race, religion, status)

Question 19

exogamy

Answer 19

practice of marrying OUTSIDE one’s group

Question 20

family

Answer 20

smallest unit of society

Question 21

division of labor

Answer 21

work divided into tasks assigned to different people/groups

Question 22

instrumental role

Answer 22

father

Question 23

expressive role

Answer 23

mother

Question 24

sexual regulation

Answer 24

controls reproduction w/i boundaries

Question 25

socialization

Answer 25

helps children socialize + learn social cues

Question 26

economic + psychological support

Answer 26

helps provide to offspring

Question 27

provision of social status

Answer 27

conformed @ birth

Question 28

families serve 4 key functions:

Answer 28

1) sexual regulation 2) socialization 3) economic + psychological support 4) provision of social status

Question 29

cohabitation

Answer 29

two people who live tgt in a committed relationship but NO MARRIAGE

Question 30

modify

Answer 30

adopt roles to expectations of others