Marriage and Families Unit 1 Exam
marriage -
✅ the emotional and legal commitment of two people to share emotional and physical
intimacy, various tasks, and economic resources
family -
✅ two or more people who are committed to each other and who share intimacy,
resources, decision-making responsibilities, and values
social environment -
✅ comprises all the factors in society, both positive and negative, that impact on
individuals and their factors in society, both positive and negative, that impact on individuals and
their relationships
stress -
✅ the body and mind's reaction to life; directly related to change
gender roles -
✅ the traits and behaviors signed to males and females in a culture
ethnic group -
✅ a community or population made up of people who share a common cultural
background or descent.
cultural group -
✅ The sum of attitudes, customs, and beliefs that distinguishes one group of people from
another
race -
✅ a group of people sharing the same culture, history, language, etc.
ethnic identity -
✅ an affiliative construct, where an individual is viewed by themselves and by others as
belonging to a particular ethnic or cultural group
cultural competence -
✅ one who is effective in working with a variety of cultural groups
kinship -
✅ the relatedness of certain individuals within a group
nuclear family -
✅ smallest, most elementary kinship unit; consists of 2 parents and their dependent
children
conjugal family system -
✅ one that emphasizes the relationships formed through marriage
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, consanguineal family system -
✅ emphasizes blood ties more than marital ties
extended family -
✅ consists of a nuclear family and those people rallied to its members by blood ties
polygyny -
✅ a marriage in which a man has more than one wife
polyandry -
✅ a marriage in which a woman has more than one husband
monogamy -
✅ a man or woman has only one mate
pseudo-kin group -
✅ relationships resembling kinship ties develop among unrelated individuals
matrilineal societies -
✅ trace descent through females
patrilinceal societies -
✅ trace descent through males
bilateral descent -
✅ common in many western societies with children ties equally to relatives of both the
mother and the father
matriarchal group -
✅ females exercise authority
patriarchal group -
✅ males are dominant and exercise the authority
egalitarian groups -
✅ the rights and perspectives of both genders and all generations are respected
matrilocal society -
✅ newly married couples normally live with or near the wife's kin
patrilocal society -
✅ newly married couples are expected to live with or near the husband's kin
neolocal society -
✅ norms encourage newly married couples to establish a separate autonomous residence,
independent of either partner's kinship group
family cohesion -
✅ the emotional closeness a person feels to other family members
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marriage -
✅ the emotional and legal commitment of two people to share emotional and physical
intimacy, various tasks, and economic resources
family -
✅ two or more people who are committed to each other and who share intimacy,
resources, decision-making responsibilities, and values
social environment -
✅ comprises all the factors in society, both positive and negative, that impact on
individuals and their factors in society, both positive and negative, that impact on individuals and
their relationships
stress -
✅ the body and mind's reaction to life; directly related to change
gender roles -
✅ the traits and behaviors signed to males and females in a culture
ethnic group -
✅ a community or population made up of people who share a common cultural
background or descent.
cultural group -
✅ The sum of attitudes, customs, and beliefs that distinguishes one group of people from
another
race -
✅ a group of people sharing the same culture, history, language, etc.
ethnic identity -
✅ an affiliative construct, where an individual is viewed by themselves and by others as
belonging to a particular ethnic or cultural group
cultural competence -
✅ one who is effective in working with a variety of cultural groups
kinship -
✅ the relatedness of certain individuals within a group
nuclear family -
✅ smallest, most elementary kinship unit; consists of 2 parents and their dependent
children
conjugal family system -
✅ one that emphasizes the relationships formed through marriage
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, consanguineal family system -
✅ emphasizes blood ties more than marital ties
extended family -
✅ consists of a nuclear family and those people rallied to its members by blood ties
polygyny -
✅ a marriage in which a man has more than one wife
polyandry -
✅ a marriage in which a woman has more than one husband
monogamy -
✅ a man or woman has only one mate
pseudo-kin group -
✅ relationships resembling kinship ties develop among unrelated individuals
matrilineal societies -
✅ trace descent through females
patrilinceal societies -
✅ trace descent through males
bilateral descent -
✅ common in many western societies with children ties equally to relatives of both the
mother and the father
matriarchal group -
✅ females exercise authority
patriarchal group -
✅ males are dominant and exercise the authority
egalitarian groups -
✅ the rights and perspectives of both genders and all generations are respected
matrilocal society -
✅ newly married couples normally live with or near the wife's kin
patrilocal society -
✅ newly married couples are expected to live with or near the husband's kin
neolocal society -
✅ norms encourage newly married couples to establish a separate autonomous residence,
independent of either partner's kinship group
family cohesion -
✅ the emotional closeness a person feels to other family members
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