SOC 1100 Study Guide - Final Guide: Bilateral Descent, Testtube, Sandwich Generation

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1100
• Professor: Deanna Behnke- Cook

Document Summary

Family: a social institution found in all societies that unites people in co-operative groups to care for one another, including any children. Kinship: a social bond based on common ancestry, marriage, or adoption. Marriage: a legal relationship, usually involving economic co-operation, sexual activity, and childbearing. Extended family: a family consisting of parents and children as well as other kin: sometimes called the consanguine family as it includes everyone with shared blood , less common with industrialization and increased social mobility and migration. Nuclear family: a family composed of one or two parents and their children: sometimes called the conjugal family meaning based on marriage . Endogamy: marriage between people of the same social category: limits potential partners to people of the same age, race, religion, or social class. Exogamy: marriage between people of different social categories: links communities and encourages alliances and the spread of culture.