SOCL 2001 : Sociology Exam 3 Material
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An intimate group of two or more people. Marriage- a socially approved mating relationship that people expect to be stable and enduring everyone else; for one person and another to only have sexual relations. Sexual regulation- generally people don"t want veryone to sleep with. Social placement- whether or not you"re single, married, widowed . Endogamy- the practice of selecting mates from within one"s group. Exogamy- the practice of selecting mates from outside one"s group (deviant) Patrilocal- a newly married couple lives with the husband"s family. Matrilocal- a newly married couple lives with the wife"s family. Neolocal- the newly married couple sets up it"s own residence. Boomerang generation- young adults move back into their parent"s home or. Nuclear family- families made up of married parents and their biological or adopted children. Extended family- parents and children as well as other kin, such as grandparents never leave it.
