Sociology Chapter 12 Flashcards

A large group of relatives, usually including at least three generations living in one household or close proximity.

Relatives or relations related by common descent.

<p>A heterosexual couple with one or more children living in a single household.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Marriage to someone within one's social group.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Marriage to someone from a different social group.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The prohibition of interracial marriage, cohabitation, or sexual interaction.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The practice of marrying (or being in a relationship with) one person at a time.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A system of marriage that allows people to have more than one spouse at a time.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A system of marriage that allows men to have multiple wives.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A system of marriage that allows women to have multiple husbands.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A system of multiple-person partnership.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Close relations with people we consider 'like family' but who are not related by blood or marriage.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The tendency to choose romantic partners who are similar in class, race, religion, education, or other social group membership.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The tendency to marry or have relationships with people in close or geographic proximity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The practical physical tasks necessary to maintain family life.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The emotional work necessary to support family members.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The unpaid housework and childcare often expected of women after returning home from paid labor.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Any physical, verbal, financial, sexual, or psychological behaviors by abusers to gain and maintain power over victims.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A common behavior pattern in abusive relationships where the relationship grows tense, explodes in abuse, and allows for a period of contrition.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A form of child abuse in which the caregiver fails to provide adequate nutrition, shelter, or safe living conditions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Proscribed sexual contact between family members; considered child abuse when it occurs between a child and a caregiver.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Living together as a romantically involved, unmarried couple.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The physical and legal responsibility of caring for children assigned by a court for divorced or unmarried parents.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Any of a variety of groups who form communal living arrangements outside of marriage.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The view that family is a basic institution that keeps society running smoothly through various functions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The perspective that conflict within the family arises from competition for resources and power.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They examine the social dynamics and interactions that create and sustain families.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Lived with only one person; married that one person.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Cohabiting with person A, breaking up, then marrying person B without cohabiting.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Cohabiting with multiple partners, at least two before marriage.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Never cohabited with anyone.</p> Signup and view all the answers