soc 100 ch 14

a form of marriage in which men have more than one wife

a form of marriage in which women have more than one husband

two or more people who consider themselves related by blood, marriage, or adoption

people who occupy the same the same housing unit

a family consisting of a husband, wife, and child (ren)

a nuclear family plus other family relatives, such as grandparents, uncles, and aunts

the family in whcih a person grows up

the family formed when a couple's first child is born

a group approved mating arrangements, usually marked by a ritual of some sort

the practice of marrying within one's own group

the practice of marrying outside one's group

the rule that prohibits sex and marriage among designated relatives

how kinship is traced over the generations

(system of descent) a system of reckoning descent that counts both the mother's and father's side

(system of descent) a system of reckoning descent that counts only the mother's side

a society or group in which men dominate women; authority is vested in males

a society in which women as a group dominate men as a group

authority more or less equally divided between people or groups, in this instance between husband and wife

the tendancy of people with similar characteristics to marry one another

an emphasis on male strength and dominance

a family whoses members were once part of other families

unmarried couples living together in a sexual relationship

a pattern of parenting in which a father, after divorce, reduces contact with his own children, acts 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 another woman

sexual relations between specified relatives, such as brothers and sisters or parents and children