Explain the Sociology of Marriage Flashcards

Sociology

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Authority more or less equally divided between people or groups (in marriage, for example, between husband and wife)
Egalitarian
The practice of marrying within one’s group
Endogamy
The practice of marrying outside one’s group
Exogamy
The family in which a person grows up
Family of orientation
The family formed when a couple’s first child is born
Family of procreation
The tendency of people with similar characteristics to marry one another
Homogamy
A society in which women as a group dominate men as a group
Matriarchy
A group in which men as a group dominate women as a group; authority is vested in males
Patriarchy
A family consisting of a husband, wife, and children
Nuclear family
A form of marriage in which women have more than one husband
Polyandry
A form of marriage in which men have more than one wife
Polygyny
A pattern of parenting in which a father, after divorce, reduces contact with his own children, serves as a father to the children of the woman he marries or lives with, then ignores these children too, after moving in with or marrying then another woman
Serial fatherhood (divorce-activated fatherhood)
Two or more people who consider themselves related by blood, marriage, or adoption
Family
Unmarried couples living together in a sexual relationship
Cohabitation
Beneficial consequences to people’s actions that keep the society balanced or keep people doing what is expected by all social institutions in our society
Functions