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What is the family structure in which both partners share power and authority equally called?
What is the family structure in which both partners share power and authority equally called?
Which custom involves a married couple living in the same household as the wife's parents?
Which custom involves a married couple living in the same household as the wife's parents?
What is the term for the practice of marrying outside one's own group?
What is the term for the practice of marrying outside one's own group?
Which system of tracing descent involves both the mother's and father's sides of the family?
Which system of tracing descent involves both the mother's and father's sides of the family?
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What is the term for a situation in which two people live together as a couple without being legally married?
What is the term for a situation in which two people live together as a couple without being legally married?
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What is the difference between a traditional and a new definition of family?
What is the difference between a traditional and a new definition of family?
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What is the difference between kinship and family of orientation?
What is the difference between kinship and family of orientation?
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What is the difference between polygamy, polygyny, and polyandry?
What is the difference between polygamy, polygyny, and polyandry?
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What is the difference between a nuclear family and an extended family?
What is the difference between a nuclear family and an extended family?
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What is the difference between family of orientation and family of procreation?
What is the difference between family of orientation and family of procreation?
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Study Notes
Family and Descent
- 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 parents' sides of the family
Family Structure
- Patriarchal family: authority held by the eldest male (usually the father)
- Matriarchal family: authority held by the eldest female (usually the mother)
- Egalitarian family: both partners share power and authority equally
Residence Patterns
- Patrilocal residence: married couple lives with the husband's parents
- Matrilocal residence: married couple lives with the wife's parents
- Neolocal residence: married couple lives separately from both parents
Marriage and Family
- Endogamy: marrying within one's own group
- Exogamy: marrying outside one's own group
- Sociology of family: the study of family life and variations in family structure
Family Definitions
- Traditional definition: a group of people related by blood, marriage, or adoption
- New definition: relationships with commitment, economic unit, and care for young, with a shared identity
Family Structure and Characteristics
- Kinship: social network based on common ancestry, marriage, or adoption
- Family of orientation: the family into which a person is born and socialized
- Family of procreation: the family a person forms by having or adopting children
- Extended family: relatives beyond parents and children living together
- Nuclear family: one or two parents and dependent children living apart from relatives
Marriage
- Legally recognized arrangement between two or more individuals with rights and obligations
- Monogamy: marriage between two partners (usually a woman and a man)
- Polygamy: concurrent marriage of one person with multiple partners
- Polygyny: one man with multiple wives
- Polyandry: one woman with multiple husbands
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Explore the traditional and new definitions of family, family structures, characteristics, and kinship in sociology. Learn about the evolving concepts of family over time.
