SOCA01H3 Chapter 15: Chapter 15 Notes
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Nuclear family: consists of a cohabiting man and woman who maintain a socially approved sexual relationship and have at least one child. Traditional nuclear family: is a nuclear family in which the husband works outside the home for money and the wife works without pay in home. Polygamy: expands the nuclear family horizontally by adding one ore more puses (usually women) to the household. Extended family: expands the nuclear family vertically by adding another generation one or more of the spouses" parents to the household. Marriage: is a socially approved, presumably long term sexual and economic union between a man and a woman. It involves reciprocal rights and obligations between spouses and between parents and children. Five main functions of marriage and the nuclear family: sexual regulation: murdock says that by using marriage as a means to provide a legitimate forum for expressing the intense human need for sexual activity makes social order possible.
