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Adoption
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
Bilateral Descent
DEFINITION 2 A kinship system in which both sides of a person's family are regarded as equally important. (p.291) TERM 3
Cohabitation
DEFINITION 3 The practice of living together as a male-female couple without marrying. (p.302) TERM 4
Domestic Partnership
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
Egalitarian Family
DEFINITION 5 An authority pattern in which spouses are regarded as equals. (p.291)
Endogamy
The restriction of mate selection to people within the same group. (p.294) TERM 7
Exogamy
DEFINITION 7 The requirement that people select a mate outside certain groups. (p.294) TERM 8
Extended Family
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
Familism
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
Family
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)
Matrilineal Descent
A kinship system in which only the mother's relatives are significant. (p.291) TERM 17
Monogamy
DEFINITION 17 A form of marriage in which one woman and one man are married only to each other. (p.289) TERM 18
Nuclear Family
DEFINITION 18 A married couple and their unmarried children living together. (p.289) TERM 19
Patriarchy
DEFINITION 19 A society in which men dominate in family decision making. (p.291) TERM 20
Patrilineal Descent
DEFINITION 20 A kinship system in which only the father's relatives are significant. (p.291)
Polyandry
A form of polygamy in which a woman may have more then one husband at the same time. (p.290) TERM 22
Polygamy
DEFINITION 22 A form of marriage in which an individual may have several husbands or wives simultaneously. (p.290) TERM 23
Polygyny
DEFINITION 23 A form of polygamy in which a man may have more than one wife at the same time. (p.290) TERM 24
Serial Monogamy
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
Single-Parent Family
DEFINITION 25 A family in which only one parent is present to care for the children. (p.300)
