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Definitions and explanations for various terms related to family systems and structures, including adoption, bilateral descent, cohabitation, domestic partnership, egalitarian family, endogamy, exogamy, extended family, familism, family, homogamy, incest taboo, kinship, machismo, matriarchy, matrilineal descent, monogamy, nuclear family, patriarchy, patrilineal descent, polyandry, polygamy, polygyny, and serial monogamy.
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In a legal sense, a process that allows for the transfer of the legal rights, responsibilities, and privileges of parenthood to a new legal parent or parents. (p.299) TERM 2
DEFINITION 2 A kinship system in which both sides of a person's family are regarded as equally important. (p.291) TERM 3
DEFINITION 3 The practice of living together as a male-female couple without marrying. (p.302) TERM 4
DEFINITION 4 Two unrelated adults who share a mutually caring relationship, reside together, and agree to be jointly responsible for their dependents, basic living expenses, and other common necessities. (p.305) TERM 5
DEFINITION 5 An authority pattern in which spouses are regarded as equals. (p.291)
The restriction of mate selection to people within the same group. (p.294) TERM 7
DEFINITION 7 The requirement that people select a mate outside certain groups. (p.294) TERM 8
DEFINITION 8 A family in which relatives-such as grandparents, aunts, or uncles-live in the same home as parents and their children. (p.289) TERM 9
DEFINITION 9 Pride in the extended family, expressed through the maintenance of close ties and strong obligations to kinfolk outside the immediate family. (p.298) TERM 10
DEFINITION 10 A set of people related by blood, marriage or some other agreed-upon relationship, or adoption, who share the primary responsibility for reproduction and caring for members of society. (p.288)
A kinship system in which only the mother's relatives are significant. (p.291) TERM 17
DEFINITION 17 A form of marriage in which one woman and one man are married only to each other. (p.289) TERM 18
DEFINITION 18 A married couple and their unmarried children living together. (p.289) TERM 19
DEFINITION 19 A society in which men dominate in family decision making. (p.291) TERM 20
DEFINITION 20 A kinship system in which only the father's relatives are significant. (p.291)
A form of polygamy in which a woman may have more then one husband at the same time. (p.290) TERM 22
DEFINITION 22 A form of marriage in which an individual may have several husbands or wives simultaneously. (p.290) TERM 23
DEFINITION 23 A form of polygamy in which a man may have more than one wife at the same time. (p.290) TERM 24
DEFINITION 24 A form of marriage in which a person may have several spouses in his or her lifetime, but only one spouse at a time. (p.290) TERM 25
DEFINITION 25 A family in which only one parent is present to care for the children. (p.300)