SOCI 1005 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Machismo, Exogamy, Endogamy
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Chp 7 families p. 135-155 multiple choice. Family types: extended family: family in which relatives like grandparents, aunts, or uncles. Live in same household as parents and their children: nuclear family: married couple & their unmarried children living together. Functions: what families do: functionalist definition of families: definition of families that focuses on what families do for society & for their members. 6 primary functions families perform 4 us: reproduction, socialization. Chp 7 families p. 135-155 multiple choice: protection, regulation of sexual behaviour, affection & companionship, provision of social status. Authority patterns: who rules: patriarchy: society in which men dominate in family decision making, matriarchy: society in which women dominate in family decision making, egalitarian family: authority pattern in which spouses are regarded as equals. Courtship and mate selection: endogamy: restriction of mate selection 2 people within same group, exogamy: requirement that people select mate outside certain groups.