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2 Families in Global Perspective
3 Kinship Kinship refers to a social network of people based on common ancestry, marriage, or adoption.
4 The family of orientation is the family into which a person is born and in which early socialization usually takes place. The family
of procreation is the family that a person forms by having or adopting children. 5 An nuclear and extended family 6 Marriage Marriage is a legally recognized and/or socially approved arrangement between two or more individuals that carries certain rights and obligations and usually involves sexual activity.
7 Census Profile Household Composition, 1970 and 2012
8 Monogamy and Polygamy Monogamy is a marriage between two partners, usually a woman and a man. Polygamy is the concurrent marriage of a person of one sex with two or more
members of the opposite sex. Polygyny: one man and multiple women Polyandry: one woman with multiple men 9 Descent
Patrilineal descent is a system of tracing descent through the father’s side of the family. Matrilineal descent is a system of tracing descent through the mother’s side of the family. Bilateral descent is a system of tracing descent through both the mother’s and father’s sides of the family.
10 Patricarchal and matriarchal familiy 11
Residence Patrilocal residence refers to the custom of a married couple living in the same household (or community) as the husband’s parents. Matrilocal residence refers to the custom of a married couple living in the same household (or community) as the wife’s parents. A neolocal residence is the custom of a married couple living in their own residence apart from both the husband’s and the wife’s parents.
12 Marriage rules Endogamy is the practice of marrying within one’s own group. Exogamy is the practice of marrying outside one’s own group.
13 Theoretical Perspectives on Family
14 Functionalist theory According to functionalists, families serve four key functions: Sexual regulation Socialization
Economic and psychological support Provision of social status 15 Conflict theory
Conflict theorists view the family as a source of inequality and conflict. Families = factory environment Social class conflict Feminist perspectives focus on patriarchy. 16 Symbolic interactionists 17 Concept Quick Review
18 Developing Intimate Relationships and Establishing Families
19 Cohabitation Cohabitation refers to two people who live together, and think of themselves as a couple,
without being legally married. 20 <insert Figure 11.6>
21 Domestic partnerships are households in which an unmarried couple lives together in a committed, sexually intimate relationship and is granted some of the same rights and benefits as those accorded to married heterosexual
couples. 22 Homogamy refers to the pattern of individuals marrying those who have similar characteristics.
23 Consider This… Figure 11.7 The issue of same-sex marriage was frequently in the headlines in 2013 because of two major legal challenges that came before the U.S. Supreme Court.
24 Dual-earner marriages
25 Consider This… Figure 11.8 Juggling housework, child care, and a job in the paid workforce is all part of the average day of many women. Why does sociologist Arlie Hochschild believe that many women work a “second shift”?
26 Child-Related Family Issues and Parenting
27 Polling Question How should we deal with teenage childbearing, as a society?
28 Figure 11.9 Birth Rates for Teenagers Ages 15-19 Years, By Age, United States, 1960-2012
29 Single-parent households 30 <insert Figure 11.11> 31 <insert Figure 11.12>
32 Transitions and Problems in Families
33 Foster care Foster care – institutional settings or residences where adults serve as caregivers
34 Divorce Divorce – the legal process of dissolving a marriage Causes
35 Figure 11.13 U.S. Divorce Rates by State, 1990-2011
36 Remarriage Blended families consist of a husband and wife, and children from previous marriages,
and children from the new relationship 37 Family Issues in the Future
38 Quick Quiz A social network of people based on common ancestry, marriage, or adoption is: family of orientation.
kinship. family. ethnic group. 39 Quick Quiz Answer: B. A social network of people based on common ancestry, marriage, or adoption is kinship.
40 Quick Quiz A family composed of one or two parents and their dependent children, all of whom live
apart from other relatives is called: nuclear family. sandwich family. boomerang family. extended family. 41 Quick Quiz Answer: A. A family composed of one or two parents and their dependent children, all of whom live apart from other relatives is called a nuclear
family. 42 Quick Quiz The concurrent marriage of one man with two or more women is: polyandry. polygyny.
polygamy. monogamy. 43 Quick Quiz Answer: B. The concurrent marriage of one man with two or more women is polygyny. 44 Quick Quiz A family structure in which the authority is held by the eldest female is a _____ family. matriarchical patriarchical
patrilocal matrilocal 45 Quick Quiz Answer: A. A family structure in which the authority is held by the eldest female is a matriarchical family.
46 Quick Quiz Family that consists of a husband, wife, and children from previous marriages and children from the new marriage, (if any) is called a _____ family. boomerang reconstituted sandwich blended
47 Quick Quiz Answer: D. Families that consist of a husband, wife, and children from previous marriages and children from the new marriage, are called blended families.
48 Quick Quiz The family one is born into and which early socialization takes place is: the family of orientation. the family
of adoption. the family of procreation. the family of origin. 49 Quick Quiz Answer: A. The family one is born into and which early socialization takes place is the family of orientation (in cultures that practice neolocality). Which of the following refers to a group of people related by blood marriage or adoption and living together in the same house?Previously provided in guidelines*
Family: A family is a group of two or more persons related by birth, marriage, or adoption who live together; all such related persons are considered as members of one family.
Which refers to a group of people who are related by blood marriage and a shared residence?A family is a group of people related by the ties of blood, marriage, or adoption. Members of a family most often live in a single residence and perform different duties.
Which family type consists of both parents and their children from this coupling only?This is a decrease from 77 percent in 1980 (U.S. Census 2011). This two-parent family structure is known as a nuclear family, referring to married parents and children as the nucleus, or core, of the group.
Which term refers to a social network of people based on common ancestry marriage or adoption?Kinship Socially defined family relationships, including those based on common parentage, marriage, or adoption.
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