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Chapter 12 - Family | SOC - Sociology 1 - Introduction, Quizzes of Introduction to Sociology

Class: SOC - Sociology 1 - Introduction; Subject: Sociology; University: College of DuPage; Term: Forever 1989;

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2009/2010

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TERM 1
Definition of Family
DEFINITION 1
People who consider themselves related by blood, marriage,
or adoption.
TERM 2
Household
DEFINITION 2
People who occupy the same housing unit. or The household
is "the basic residential unit in which economic production,
consumption, inheritance, child rearing, and shelter are
organized and carried out"; [the household] "may or may not
be synonymous with family".
TERM 3
Polygamy
DEFINITION 3
Polygamy is a form of marriage in which a person has more
than one spouse at the same time, as opposed to monogamy
in which a person has only one spouse at a time.
TERM 4
Polygyny
DEFINITION 4
Polygyny is a form of marriage in which a man has two or
more wives at the same time.
TERM 5
Polyandry
DEFINITION 5
Polyandry refers to a form of marriage in which a woman has
two or more husbands at the same time.
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Definition of Family

People who consider themselves related by blood, marriage,

or adoption.

TERM 2

Household

DEFINITION 2

People who occupy the same housing unit. or The household

is "the basic residential unit in which economic production,

consumption, inheritance, child rearing, and shelter are

organized and carried out"; [the household] "may or may not

be synonymous with family".

TERM 3

Polygamy

DEFINITION 3

Polygamy is a form of marriage in which a person has more

than one spouse at the same time, as opposed to monogamy

in which a person has only one spouse at a time.

TERM 4

Polygyny

DEFINITION 4

Polygyny is a form of marriage in which a man has two or

more wives at the same time.

TERM 5

Polyandry

DEFINITION 5

Polyandry refers to a form of marriage in which a woman has

two or more husbands at the same time.

Exogamy

Cultural exogamy is the marrying outside of a specific group.

TERM 7

Incest Taboo

DEFINITION 7

Incest taboo is a term that refers to a class of prohibitions,

both formal and informal, stated and unstated, against

incest, the practice of sexual relations between certain or

close relatives, in human societies. (Forces exogamy)

TERM 8

Patrilineal System

DEFINITION 8

Tracing your family through your dad's side.

TERM 9

Matrilineal System

DEFINITION 9

Tracing your family through your mom's side.

TERM 10

Bilineal System

DEFINITION 10

Tracing both sides of your family.

Blended Family

A stepfamily, also known as a blended family or reconstituted

family, is a family in which one or both members of the

couple have children from a previous relationship.

TERM 17

Patriarchy

DEFINITION 17

Male dominated society.

TERM 18

Matriarchy

DEFINITION 18

Female dominated society.

TERM 19

Empty Nest

DEFINITION 19

When children move out, the parents are left with an "empty

nest".

TERM 20

Boomerang Generation

DEFINITION 20

Children move out, but then end up moving back home due

to financial reasons.

Which country was first to legalize same sex

marriage?

Denmark

TERM 22

Extended Family

DEFINITION 22

Family outside of mom/dad/siblings.

TERM 23

Cohabitation

DEFINITION 23

Cohabitation is an arrangement whereby two people decide

to live together on a longterm or permanent basis in an

emotionally and/or sexually intimate relationship.

TERM 24

Nuclear Family

DEFINITION 24

A nuclear family is a family group consisting of a father and

mother and their children, who share living quarters.

TERM 25

Family of Orientation

DEFINITION 25

The family you are born into.

Vermont has a law for...

Civil unions: Limited rights for homosexuals.