Chapter 14
same-sex couple households account for __________ percent of U.S. households
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family of procreation
a family that is formed through marriage
polygyny
a form of marriage in which one man is parried to more than one woman at one time
polyandry
a form of marriage in which one woman is married to more than one man at one time
shaken baby syndrome
a group of medical symptoms such as brain swelling and retinal hemorrhage resulting from forcefully shaking or impacting an infant's head
extended family
a household that includes at least one parent and child as well as other relatives like grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins
marriage
a legally recognized contract between two or more people in a sexual relationship who have an expectation of permanence about their relationship
kinship
a person's traceable ancestry (by blood, marriage, and/or adoption)
family life cycle
a set of predictable steps and patterns families experience over time
according t the study cited by the U.S. Census Bureau, children who live with married parents grow up with more advantages than children who live with
a single parent
family life course
a sociological model of family that sees the progression of events as fluid rather than as occurring in strict stages
patrilocal residence
a system in which is it customary for a wife to live with (or near) her husband's family
matrilocal residence
a system in which it is customary for a husband to live with his wife's family
matrilineal descent
a type of unilateral decent that follows the mother's side only
ambilineal
a type of unilateral descent that follows either the father's or the mother's side exclusively
patrilineal descent
a type of unilateral descent that follows the father's line only
research suggests that people generally feel that their current family is ______________ than the family they grew up with
at least as close
in general, children in _________ households benefit form divorce
high-conflict
sociologists tend to define family in terms of
how a given society sanctions the relationships of people are connected through blood, marriage, or adoption
the median age of first marriage has _____ in the last fifty years
increased for both men and women
which of the following is a criticism of the family life cycle model?
it is too narrowly focused on a sequence of stages
children of divorced parents are ________ to divorce in their own marriage than children of parents who stayed married
more likely
which of the following is true of IPV
nearly half of instances of IPV involve drugs or alcohol
which type of child abuse is most prevalent in the United States
neglect
a child who associates his line of descent with his father's side only is part of a ______________ society.
patrilineal
a woman being married to two men would be an example of
polyandry
couples who cohabitant before marriage are ___________ couples who did not cohabitate before marriage to be married at least ten years.
slightly less likely than
family
socially recognized groups of individuals who may be joined by blood, marriage, or adoption and who form an emotional connection and an economic unit of society
current divorce rates are
steadily declining
cohabitation
the act of a couple sharing a residence while they are not married
monogamy
the act of being married to only one person at a time
bigamy
the act of entering into marriage while still married to another person
family of orientation
the family into which one is born
polygamy
the state being committed or married to more than one person at a time
bilateral descent
the tracing of kinship through both parents' ancestral lines
unilateral descent
the tracing of kinship through one parent only
The majority of U.S. children live in
two parent households
nuclear family
two parents (traditionally a married husband and wife) and children living in the same household
intimate partner violence (IPV)
violence that occurs between individuals who maintain a romantic or sexual relationship