Sociology 1021E Lecture : Family
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In what kind of family" do you live: nuclear traditional -2 parent, extended family mx. generations/ aunts, uncles, lone parent male headed, lone parent female headed, blended family, same-sex family, polygamous, other. Social institution that unites people in cooperative groups to oversee the bearing and raising of children: kinship . A social bond based on blood, marriage or adoption: family unit . One or two parents and their unmarried children. Defined as two or more people who are related by blood, adoption, marriage or some other form of extended commitment and who reside together. Marriage between people of the same social category. Marriage between people of different social categories. Which does your family wish you to do: endogamy, exogamy. Will your family arrange a marriage for you: yes, no. Homogamy: people marry those like themselves regarding religion, ethnicity, education, etc. (think characteristics ) Heterogamy: marriage between people who are dissimilar in some important regard such as.