Key Terms Chapter 14: Marriage and Family
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| Word(s) | Definition | Image | Caption | Link | Source |
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| Ambilineal | a type of unilateral descent that follows either the father’s or the mother’s side exclusively | ||||
| Bigamy | the act of entering into marriage while still married to another person | ||||
| Bilateral Descent | the tracing of kinship through both parents’ ancestral lines | ||||
| Cohabitation | the act of a couple sharing a residence while they are not married | ||||
| Extended Family | a household that includes at least one parent and child as well as other relatives like grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins | ||||
| Family | socially recognized groups of individuals who may be joined by blood, marriage, or adoption and who form an emotional connection and an economic unit of society | ||||
| Family Life Course | a sociological model of family that sees the progression of events as fluid rather than as occurring in strict stages | ||||
| Family Life Cycle | a set of predictable steps and patterns families experience over time | ||||
| Family of Orientation | the family into which one is born | ||||
| Family of Procreation | a family that is formed through marriage | ||||
| Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) | violence that occurs between individuals who maintain a romantic or sexual relationship | ||||
| Kinship | a person’s traceable ancestry (by blood, marriage, and/or adoption) | ||||
| Marriage | a legally recognized contract between two or more people in a sexual relationship who have an expectation of permanence about their relationship | ||||
| Matrilineal Descent | a type of unilateral descent that follows the mother’s side only | ||||
| Matrilocal Residence | a system in which it is customary for a husband to live with the his wife’s family | ||||
| Monogamy | the act of being married to only one person at a time | ||||
| Nuclear Family | two parents (traditionally a married husband and wife) and children living in the same household | ||||
| Patrilineal Descent | a type of unilateral descent that follows the father’s line only | ||||
| Patrilocal Residence | a system in which it is customary for the wife to live with (or near) the her husband’s family | ||||
| Polyandry | a form of marriage in which one woman is married to more than one man at one time | ||||
| Polygamy | the state of being committed or married to more than one person at a time | ||||
| Polygyny | a form of marriage in which one man is married to more than one woman at one time | ||||
| Shaken-baby Syndrome | a group of medical symptoms such as brain swelling and retinal hemorrhage resulting from forcefully shaking or impacting an infant’s head | ||||
| Unilateral Descent | the tracing of kinship through one parent only. |