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Unit 4: Family Flashcards

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empty shell marriage

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Demographic Trends

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Arranged Marriage

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marriage partners are chosen by older family members rather than peopel choosing their own partners

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Beanpole Family

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Birth Rate

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Boomerang Family

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Cereal packet family

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the stereotypical nuclear family od mother father and children with traditional gender roles that is often shown in advertisements

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child centeredness

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Civil partnership

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a relationship between two people usually of the same sex that has been formally registered giving them similar rights to married couples

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Cohabitation

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two peopel who are not married to each other. iving together in an intimate relationship

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Commune

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a group of people who choose to live together and share atleast soem of their property

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Conjugal Roles

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Dark side of the family

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Death rate

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Divorce

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the formal, legal ending of a marriage

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Divorce Rate

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the number of divorces per year per 1000 people

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Domestic division of labour

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Domestic Violence

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Dual burden

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dual worker families

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dysfunctional families

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empty-nest families

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Extended families

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a nuclear family living with other relatives such as grandparents or great grandparents or aunts, uncles and cousins

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Family diversity

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the increase in the number of different types of families

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Family functions

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the functions the family has, that is, what roles it plays and for whom, according to the functionalist theory

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family roles

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feminism

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a theoretical perspective that is mainly interested in issues of gender inequality and on the position of women in the family and in society

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fertility rate

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gender

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gender equality

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household unit

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the group of people living together in the same residence and sharing living space

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industrialisation

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joint conjugal roles

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kinship

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when the ties between people are related by descent (having a common ancestor) by marriage and by adoption

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marital breakdown

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marriage

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the formal joining of a man and a woman in a relationship with rights and responsibilities; some countries now allow same sex marriages

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matriarchy

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when the mother is the head of the household, with authority over the men and children in the household

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matrifocal family

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one in which the mother heads the family and the father has a less important role in the family and in bringing up children

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modern industrial societies

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monogamy

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being married to one person at a time

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nuclear family

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made up of an adult man and an adult woman who are married, or in a relationship and living together with dependant children

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one parent household

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one parent/single parent families

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one parent and their dependant child living together

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one person household

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when only one person lives in a residence

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patriarchy

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a term used by feminsits to describe societies and organisations (including family) in which men are dominant and women are subordinate

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polyandry

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when a woman has more than one husband at the same time

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polygamy

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being married to more than one person at the same time, for example a man with several wives, or a woman with several husbands

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polygyny

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when a man has more than one wife at the same time

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primary socialisation

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the process by which infants and young children absorb the basic norms and values of their culture

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reconstituted family

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after the death of a partner or a divorce, a new family that is created by someone remarrying

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secularisation

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segregated conjugal roles

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serial monogamy

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when someone has more than one marriage partner during their life, but only one at any given time

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step child

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a child who lives with one biological parent and one step parent

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step parent

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after remarriage a step-parent shares with their new partner, parental responsibility for children from previosu marriages

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symmetrical family

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traditional conjugal roles

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traditional societies

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non modern societies, contrasted with modern societies

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urbanisation

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