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Chapter 18 Test
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Sociology
12th Grade
03/25/2013

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Term
kinship
Definition
network of people you are related to (primary,secondary,teritary)
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family
Definition
a group of people related by marriage. blood, or adoption who live together and share economic resources
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Nuclear family
Definition
one or both parents and their children
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Extended Family
Definition
3 or more generations living under the same roof
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Endogamy
Definition
similar age, religion, race (marrying the same kind)
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Exogamy
Definition
interracial marriage.
(increased because we were able to choose our own partners, women in workplace, greater tolerance)
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Monogamous
Definition
marriage to one person (industrial)
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Monogamous
Definition
marriage to one person (industrial)
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Polygamous
Definition
marriage with multiple partners (pre-industrial)
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Polygyny
Definition
one man with multiple wives
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Polyandry
Definition
woman with multiple husbands
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Patrilocality
Definition
couple is expected to live with or near the husbands parents (most common)
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Matrilocality
Definition
couple lives with or near wife's parents
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Neolocality
Definition
couple lives away from both sets of parents
(allowed in most industrial societies)
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bilateral
Definition
kinship and inheritance through both sides of family
(practiced in the US)
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matrilineal
Definition
through mother's family
(Less common)
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Patrilineal
Definition
trace kinship through father's family
(property is passed from father to son)
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Regulates sexual activity
reproduction
socialization
Definition
what are the 3 social functions of a family?
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its easier to get divorced
americans are more individualistic
no fault divorce
Definition
What causes high divorce rates in the US?
Term
Traditionally- males arranged date, asked father before, paid for the date

Modern-not so formal, spontaneous, not arranged, both males and females can initiate the date, either partner can pay
Definition
How has dating evolved from the early forms of courtship to modern times today?
Term
11% of all reported/unreported violence
22% of all murders involve family members
73% of family violence victims are female
women are more likely to be injured by a family member then get in a car accident
90% of child abusers are men
Highest homicide rate: South Carolina and Nevada
Lowest homicide rate: Minnesota and Massachusetts
Definition
What are the rates of family violence?
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