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Kinship
family connections based on blood, marriage or adoption
Household
A group of people living together in the same residence and sharing the same living space. eg. a group of students sharing a house are called a household
Organic Analogy
An analogy that believes that society functions like the human body and the each ‘organ’ acts as a vital institution that works together for the overall survival of society. eg. the brain is the school
Anomie
When society becomes dysfunctional because institutions break down eg. If the family collapses, it can cause a domino effect, causing all of society to malfunction
Value Consensus
A broad term for the shared and accepted terms of agreement in society
Primary Socialisation
The first stage of socialisation and happens in childhood usually by the family eg. learn gender roles and manners
Nuclear Family
Married parents and their children
Single Parent Family
One parent and the children
Reconstituted Family
A step family. Where two adults join their families together
Extended Family
Where other family members such as aunts or uncles and grandparents, wither live in the same house or very closely to each other and take an active part on raising the children together
Empty Nest Family
Parents living at home together but children have grown up and moved out
Boomerang Family
Where children frequently move in and out of the family home. Either returning from university or relationship breakdowns
Beanpole Family
A family who come from many generations, but with few members in each generation
Conjugal roles
The roles taken by the husband and the wife within the family resulting from the domestic division of labour
Join conjugal roles
The husband and wife carry out many tasks and activities together, so that there is no clear separation of roles
Dual worker families
Families in which both the man and the woman do paid work
Symmetrical family
Families in which the conjugal roles have become more equal
Secularisation
the process by which religion has become less important in the daily lives of many
Empty shell marriage
A married couple continue to live together but without love or affection, usually because of other restrictions
Domestic division of labour
The way in which tasks in the home are divided between the man and woman eg. cooking, cleaning
Confluent Love
Meaningful relationships built on love and respect
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