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Marriage and Family Midterm

family -
♠︎🆀 : traditionally defined as unit made up of two or more people who are related by blood
marriage or adoption; I've together; form and economic unit; and bear and raise children

family -
♠︎🆀 : an intimate group of two or more people who
1) live together in a committed relationship
2) care for one another and any children
3) share activities and close emotional ties

family -
♠︎🆀 : Definitions of _____ may become even more complicated and controversial in the
future.

fictive kin -
♠︎🆀 : non relatives who are accepted as part of the family because they have strong bonds
with biological members and provide important services or care

fictive kin -
♠︎🆀 : The following is an example of _______:
Mike was an older gentleman who lived with us from my childhood to my teenage years. He was
like a grandfather to me, and he taught me to ride a bike.

African American, Latino -
♠︎🆀 : Fictive kin are most common among _________ and ______ communities, but a
recent variation involves single mothers who turn to one another for companionship and help in
child care.

norms -
♠︎🆀 : culturally defined rules for behavior; regulates who may engage in sexual relations,
with whom, and under what circumstances

incest taboo -
♠︎🆀 : cultural norm and laws that forbid sexual intercourse between close blood relatives

socialization -
♠︎🆀 : children acquire language; absorb the accumulated knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and
values of their culture

procreation -
♠︎🆀 : ______ is an essential function of the family because it replenishes a country's
population.

roles -
♠︎🆀 : obligations and expectations attached to a particular status or position in society


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, families -
♠︎🆀 : _______ supply food, shelter, clothing, and other material resources that ensure the
family's physical survival

primary groups -
♠︎🆀 : groups characterized by close, long-lasting, intimate, and face-to-face interaction

emotional -
♠︎🆀 : Families function to give its members _____ support. This includes love and comfort.

social class -
♠︎🆀 : category of people who have a similar standing or rank in society based on their
wealth, education, power, prestige, and other valued resources

social class -
♠︎🆀 : People in the same _______ tend to have similar attitudes, values, and leisure
interests.

parents -
♠︎🆀 : We inherit a social position based on our ______' social class.

marriage -
♠︎🆀 : socially approved mating relationship that people expect to be stable and enduring;
universal

ceremonial marriage -
♠︎🆀 : marriage in which the couple must follow procedures specified by the state or other
jurisdiction, such as buying a license, getting blood tests, and being married by an authorized
official

common-law marriage -
♠︎🆀 : non ceremonial relationship that people establish

common-law marriage -
♠︎🆀 : Considered _______ when people:
1) live together for a specific period of time
2) present oneself as part of a married couple
3) intending to marry

bigamy -
♠︎🆀 : marrying a second person while a first marriage is still legal

endogamy -
♠︎🆀 : requires people to marry or have sexual relations within a certain group

endogamy -
♠︎🆀 : Example of ______:
Marrying a Muslim because you are also Muslim.

exogamy -


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