The Family Chapter 11

Family of Procreation

a nuclear family consisting of an individual, his or her spouse, and their children.

Dual earner families

families in which both parents have a job.

Family of Orientation

A nuclear family into which a person is born or adopted.

Functions of an Extended Family

Grandparents and other family members such as aunts and uncles play a significant role in both its economic and social function.

Extended Family

A family consisting of parents and children, along with either grandparents, grandchildren, aunts or uncles, cousins etc.

Nuclear Family

A family form that consists of one or both parents and their children.

Homogamy Characterists

Age, education, race, religion, socioeconomic status

Egalitarian

Authority shared between the mother and the father.

Egalitarian-

Authority shared between the mother and the father.

Patriarchy

Father holds most of the authority

Function of Family of Orientation

For them to create a Family of Procreation.

Family

Is a group of people who are related by marriage, blood or adoption and who often live together and share economic resources.

Matrilineal

Kinship traced through mother's family: property passed from mother to daughter.

Heterogamy

Marriage between individuals who have different social characteristics.

Polyandry

Marriage of one woman to multiple men.

Polygamy

Marriage with multiple partners.

Matriarchy

Mother holds most of the authority

Primary Relatives

Mother, Father, sister, brother,spouse, daughter and son

Family Violence

Physical, sexual, emotional, economic

Kinship

Refers to a network of people who are related by marriage, birth or adoption. In some kinships systems there are close to 200 possible categories of relatives.

Polygyny

The marriage of a man to multiple women.

Monogamy

The marriage of one man to one woman.

Function of a Nuclear Family

The parents provide both emotional and financial support for their children.

Function of Family of Procreation

To ensure the continuation of society both biologically and socially through socialization.

Sandwich generation

are couples that are caught between the needs of their children and those of their parents.

Bilocality

couple decides which parents to live with or near.

Patrilocality

couple lives with or near the husband's family.

Disruptions later in life

empty nest, death of a spouse, moving in with your children, moving into an assisted living home

Voluntary childlessness

is couples or individuals that make the conscious decision to not having children.