Term
| is a group where the adults cooperate for the well-being of the group. The family structures that were very common a century ago are not nearly as common today |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| is the family into which an individual is born. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| is the family an individual forms by marriage and or having children. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| a family group consisting of a mother and a father and their children |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| the family created by remarriage including step siblings and stepparents. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| all the family relations past the nuclear or blended family |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| having only one partner at a time. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| the practice of having multiple spouses at the same time |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| is a marriage form permitting more than one wife at the same time and is the most common form of polygamy in the world’s history. Polygyny is still common and legal in many African, Middle-Eastern, and Indian nations. It was a deep part of China’s history and prior to World War II it was common for a Chinese man to have multiple wives and many children. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| is a marriage form permitting more than one husband at the same time. This is historically and currently rare and if practiced often included the marriage of one wife to a set of brothers with all having sexual access to the wife. What if a person marries, divorces, marries divorces, etc.? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| is the process of establishing a intimate marriage or cohabiting relationship that eventually dissolves and is followed by another intimate marriage or cohabiting relationship that eventually dissolves, etc. in a series. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| means to live together in a marital-like relationship. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| where males have more power and authority than females and where rights and inheritances typically pass from fathers to sons. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| are families where females have more power and authority than males and rights and inheritances pass from mothers to daughter. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
relationships with power and authority more fairly distributed between husband and wife. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| is the social, emotional, spiritual, intellectual, and physical trust that is mutually shared between family members. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| are mothers who are not legally married at the time of the child’s birth. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
status that comes as a result of your own efforts is more important than ascribed status for most members of society. The degree of achievement an individual attains often depends heavily on the level of support her family provides to her. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| is the tendency to pair off with another person who is similar to us. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| is the tendency to pair off with another person who is different in some ways from us. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| which claims that society is composed of ever present interactions among individuals who attempt to maximize rewards while minimizing costs. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| the geographic proximity of two potential mates to one another |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
is the process of eliminating potential mates from the pool of eligibles in the market place. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
states that as people find someone they are attracted to, they initiate contact, spend time together comparing values and establishing compatibility, and eventually either break things off or make commitments toward marriage or cohabitation. |
|
Definition
| Stimulus-Value-Role Theory of Marital Choice |
|
|
Term
| the legal dissolution of a marriage. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
is the principle that if a marriage does not receive preventative maintenance and upgrades it will move towards decay and break down
|
|
Definition
|
|
