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Family
a group of individuals who are related in some way, usually living together, engaging in sex, having responsibility for rearing children, and functioning as an economic unit
Nuclear family
a social unit composed of a husband, wife, and their children
Family orientation
the nuclear family into which a person is born
Family of procreation
a person, a spouse, and their children
Blended or reconstituted family
a form of family in which spouses and their children from former marriages live together as a single nuclear family
Binuclear family
a family form in which each member of a divorced couple establishes a separate household between their children divide their time
Extended family
a family composed of two or more generations of kin that functions as an independent social and economic unit
Kinship
a network of people who are related by marriage, blood, or social practice (such as adoption)
Affinal relationship
social bonds based on marriage
Marriage
a state that occurs when two individuals are involved in a socially approved relationship that involves intimate, mutual long-term obligations, and they have fulfilled the customary ceremonial or legal requirements
Romantic love
an emotional identification between two individuals so intense that they are convinced that they cannot be happy without each other
Courtship
the relationship between a male and a female who are preparing for marriage to each other
Endogamy
marriage in which the couple are members of the same race, ethnicity, religion, or social class
Exogamy
marriage in which the couple are from different races, ethnic groups, religious, or social class
Propinquity
physical closeness
Monogamy
a marriage consisting of one male spouse and one female spouse
Polygamy
a marriage consisting of multiple spouses
Descent
the system by which kinship is traced over generations
Serial monogamy
a cultural pattern that permits a person to have more than one spouse, but not at the same time
Cohabitation
a situation in which partners share a household and engage in intimate social and sexual relations without being formally married
Machismo
a value system embracing highly masculine behaviors and including a double standard
Divorce
the dissolution of the legal ties that bind a married couple; socially it constitutes the recognition that the marriage is over
Desertion
the social dissolution of marriage that occurs when one spouse leaves the other or simply walks away from the marriage for a prolonged period
