FMSC 330

What is kinship system?

It is social organization of the family
Basic kinship is :

Parent and child
In the kinship systemn each person has certain rights and obligations

True
Extended modified family:

Interaction of adult children with parents after they move or get married and have a family of their own.
Faily form is characterised by:
- Them living close to each other
- Help in childcare, maintanance and gifts
- Make regular visits
Kinship ties ultimately depends on feelings than biology.

True
Kinship ties form:

Love and Trust
In America nuclear family exist more as of cultural symbol or norm

True
Two big distortion associated with the normal family is :
- The other life style is a suspect( leads to a judjment)
- Emphesize structure of family tends to blind us on what is going on inside it.( hatered, conflict)

Author

scharmch

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Card Set

FMSC 330

Description

Lecture 4

Updated

2010-10-20T16:06:04Z