SOC 12050 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Polygamy, Family Affairs, Nuclear Family
19 May 2019
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A household refers to all individuals who share a common dwelling, regardless of kinship or economic ties. A family is defined by anthropologist george murdock as a social group having a common residence, economic ties and reproduction, consisting of two adults of the opposite sex and their children. Sociologists today find this definition restrictive; there are single parent families, childless families, etc. Nuclear family the most basic family form comprised of a married couple and their children. Extended family includes additional generations beyond nuclear family, comprising grandparents, aunts/uncles, etc. living in the same household. Monogamous marriages marriage patterns that involve one male and one female. Polygamous marriages marriage patterns that involve one central individual of one sex and two or more individuals of the opposite sex. Polygyny marriage pattern involving one central male married to two or more females. Polyandry marriage pattern involving one central female married to two or more males.
