Family structures, marriage patterns, and theories of how family forms have changed over time.
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- What is a nuclear family?
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A family unit consisting of parents and their dependent children, typically living together as a single household.- Define an extended family.
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A family unit that extends beyond parents and children to include grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and other relatives, often living in the same household or community.- What is a blended family?
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A family formed when two adults with children from previous relationships marry or cohabitate, creating a new household unit.- Define monogamy in kinship terms.
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A marriage pattern in which an individual is married to only one person at a time.- What is polygamy?
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A marriage pattern in which an individual is married to multiple partners simultaneously.- Define polygyny.
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A form of polygamy in which a man is married to multiple women simultaneously.- What is polyandry?
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A form of polygamy in which a woman is married to multiple men simultaneously.- Define exogamy.
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A marriage rule requiring individuals to marry outside their own group, whether defined by kinship, clan, village, or other social boundaries.- What is endogamy?
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A marriage rule requiring or encouraging individuals to marry within their own social group, such as caste, religion, or ethnicity.- Define patrilineal descent.
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A kinship system in which lineage and inheritance pass through the male line, from father to son.- What is matrilineal descent?
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A kinship system in which lineage and inheritance pass through the female line, from mother to daughter.- Define bilateral descent.
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A kinship system in which lineage is traced through both the mother and father equally, and inheritance may pass through either line.- What is patrilocal residence?
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A postmarital residence pattern in which a newly married couple lives with or near the husband's family.- Define matrilocal residence.
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A postmarital residence pattern in which a newly married couple lives with or near the wife's family.- What is neolocal residence?
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A postmarital residence pattern in which a newly married couple establishes their own independent household, separate from both families of origin.
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