Exam 11: Families and Intimate Relationships

Discuss systems of descent and inheritance; name and define the various systems, and explain why such systems are important in different societies.

__________ is the concurrent marriage of one man with two or more women.

Discuss how culture shapes the choice of a marital partner; define the concepts of endogamy and exogamy.

A(n) __________ family has a family structure in which both partners share power and authority equally.

Define nuclear family and extended family; discuss the types of societies in which each type tends to be more common. Explain why industrialization brings a transition from extended to more nuclear family arrangements.

The __________ is the family into which a person is born and in which early socialization usually takes place.

Children in single-parent households are at greater risk of lower standards of living primarily due to_________________________.

Discuss Elkind's description of the postmodern family as "permeable." What does this mean for family dynamics?​

General support for same-sex marriage in the United States is __________​

__________ 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.

What percentage of new marriages in the United States ends in divorce?​

Sociologists note that women and men in the United States may have very different ideas about and perceptions of love. One of the differences is that men, more than women,______________.

The difference in the terms "childfree" and "childless" indicate_________________.

According to sociologist Judy Root Aulette, "families we choose" include blood ties and legal ties, but they also include __________, persons who are not actually related by blood but who are accepted as family members.

Most people who get divorced also get remarried.

Few societies have residential patterns known as __________ residence, which refers to the custom of a married couple living in the same household (or community) as the wife's parents.

In the United States, most people practice __________; they marry people who come from the same social class, racial/ethnic group, religious affiliation, and other categories considered important within their own social group.

In preindustrial societies, kinship is usually traced through one parent (unilineally). The most common pattern of unilineal descent is __________, which is a system of tracing descent through the father's side of the family.

The majority of elder abuse occurs in the home, not in institutions.

A(n) __________ family is a family structure in which authority is held by the eldest male (usually the father).