Chapter 14

Question 1

ambilineal

Answer 1

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

Question 2

bigamy

Answer 2

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

Question 3

bilateral descent

Answer 3

the tracing of kinship through both parents’ ancestral lines

Question 4

cohabitation

Answer 4

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

Question 5

extended family

Answer 5

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

Question 6

family

Answer 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

Question 7

family life course

Answer 7

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

Question 8

family life cycle

Answer 8

a set of predictable steps and patterns families experience over time

Question 9

family of orientation

Answer 9

the family into which one is born

Question 10

family of procreation

Answer 10

a family that is formed through marriage

Question 11

intimate partner violence (IPV)

Answer 11

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

Question 12

kinship

Answer 12

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

Question 13

marriage

Answer 13

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

Question 14

matrilineal descent

Answer 14

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

Question 15

matrilocal residence

Answer 15

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

Question 16

monogamy

Answer 16

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

Question 17

nuclear family

Answer 17

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

Question 18

patrilineal descent

Answer 18

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

Question 19

patrilocal residence

Answer 19

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

Question 20

polyandry

Answer 20

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

Question 21

polygamy

Answer 21

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

Question 22

polygyny

Answer 22

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

Question 23

shaken-baby syndrome

Answer 23

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

Question 24

unilateral descent

Answer 24

the tracing of kinship through one parent only.