Chapter 14
Sociology 101 with Niazi at University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire
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adoption
In a legal sense, a process hat allows for the transfer of the legal rights, responsibilities, and privileges of parenthood to a new legal parent or parents
Bilateral decent
A kinship system in which both sides of a person's family are regarded as equally important
Cohabitation
The practice of living together as a male-femaile couple without marrying
Domestic partnership
Two unrelated adults who share a mutually caring relationship, reside together and agree to be jointly responsible for their dependents basic living expenses , and other common necessities.
Egalitarian family
A authority pattern n which spouses are regarded as equals
Endogamy
The restriction of mate selection to people select a mate outside certain groups
Exogamy
The requirement that people select a mate outside certain groups
Extended family
A family in which relatives-- such as grandparents, aunts, or uncles -- lives in the same home as parents and their children
Familism
Pride in the extended family, expressed through the maintenance of close ties and strong obligations to kinfolk outside the immediate family
Family
A set of people related by blood, marriage or some other agreed-upon relationship, or adoption, who share the primary responsibility for reproduction and caring fr members of society
Homogamy
The conscious or unconscious tendency to select a mate with personal characteristics to one's own
Incest Taboo
THe prohibition of sexual relationships between certain culturally specified relatives
Kinship
The state of being related to others
Machismo
A sense of virility, personal worth, and pride in one's maleness
Matriarchy
A society in which women dominate in family decision making
Matrilineal descent
A kinship system in which only the mother's relatives are significant
Monogamy
A form of marriage in which one woman and one man are married only to each other
Nuclear family
A married couple and their unmarried children living together
Patriarchy
A society in which men dominate in family decision making
Patrilineal descent
A kinship system in which nly the father's relatives are significant
Polyandry
A from of polygamy in which a woman may have more than one husband at the same time
Polygamy
A form of marriage in which an individual may have several husbands or wives simultaneously
Polygyny
A form of polygamy in which a man may have more than one wife at the same time
Serial monogamy
A form of marriage in which a person may have several spouses in his or her lifetime but only one spouse at a time
Single-parent family
A family in which only one parent is present to care for the children
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By: Megan Galliford
Textbook: Sociology (Sociology (McGraw-Hill))
Created: 2011-11-20
Size: 25 flashcards
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