SOCL 2001 Study Guide - Final Guide: Consanguinity, Cultural Diversity, Protestantism
Document Summary
Families: the family is considered an institution because it is an area of social life that is organized into discernable patterns and because it helps to meet crucial social needs. Family: a group of people related by blood, marriage, or adoption. Conjugal relations- adults living together in marriage or intimate relationships. Kinship: the role relations among people who consider themselves family. Fictive kin- people who are so close to members of the family that they are considered kin despite absence of blood ties. The family as an institution: comprises a set of statuses, roles, norms and values devoted to achieving important social goals. Those goals include the social control of reproduction, the socialization of new generations, and the social placement of children in the institutions of the larger society (colleges, business firms, etc. ) Macro-level: families relationships to society, laws governing the family.
