Sociology Chapter 11 Test

Families

relationships in which people live together with commitment, form an economic unit and care for any young, and consider their identity to be significantly attached to the group

Kinship

refers to a social network of people based on common ancestry

family of orientation

family which person is born

family of procreation

family that a person having, ADOPTING

extended family

family unit composed of relatives in addition to parents and children who live in the same household.

nuclear family

family composed of one or two parents and their dependent children, all of whom live apart from other relatives.

Marriage

Legally recognized and/or socially approved arrangement between two or more individuals that carries certain rights and obligations and usually involves sexual activity.

Monogamy

practice or state of being married to one person at a time.

Polygamy

marriage of a person of one sex with two or more members of the opposite sex

Polygyny

marriage of one man with two or more women

Polyandry

marriage of one woman with two or more men

Patrilineal descent

tracing descent through the father's side of the family.

Matrilineal descent

tracing descent through the mother's side of the family.

Bilateral descent

tracing descent through both the mother's and father's sides of the family.

patriarchal family

family structure in which authority is held by the eldest male. (Usually Dad/Father)

matriarchal family

family structure in which authority is held by the eldest female. (Usually Mother)

Egalitarian family

family structure in which both parents share power and authority equally.

Patrilocal residence

married couple living in the same household (or community) as the husband's parents.

Matrilocal residence

married couple living in the same household (or community) as the wife's parents.

Neolocal residence

married couple living in their own residence apart from both the husband's and the wife's parents

Endogamy

marrying within one's own group

Exogamy

marrying outside one's own group

sociology of family

sub discipline of sociology that attempt sto describe and explain patterns of family life and variations in family structure.

Cohabitation

2 people who live together and think of themselves as a couple, without being legally married.

Homogamy

pattern of individuals marrying those who have similar characteristics.

Domestic partnerships

household partnerships in which an unmarried couple lives together in a committed, sexually intimate relationship and is granted some of the same rights and benefits as those accorded to married heterosexual couples.

Child-Related Family Issues and Parenting

Not all couples have children, consider themselves child free or childless

Adoption

Legal process through which the rights and duties of parenting are transferred from a child's biological and/or legal parents to a new legal parent or parents.

Single-parent households

household with 1 parent due to divorce or something

Two-parent households

couple truly shares parenting, children have 2 primary caregivers

Remaining single

never married, people remain single

Love & intimacy

closely intertwined

Family violence

refers to various forms of abuse that take place among family members.

Foster care

institutional settings or residences where adults other than a child's own parents or biological relatives serve as caregivers

Divorce

legal process of dissolving a marriage.

Remarriage

getting remarried, going thru act of marriage again

Blended families

husband and wife, children from previous marriages, and children (if any) from the new relationship.

Functionalism

families serve four key functions:

•Sexual regulation

•Socialization

•Economic and psychological support

•Provision of social status

Conflict

view families as sources of social inequality and conflict over values, goals, and access to resources and power.

•Families = work environment of a factory

•Social class conflict

•Feminist perspectives focus on patriarchy

Symbolic Interactionists

Symbolic interactionists explain family relationships in terms of the subjective meanings and everyday interpretations that people give to their lives.

•Modify or adapt roles to meet the expectations of others

PostModernist

view families as diverse and fragmented