SOCL 2001 Study Guide - Final Guide: Mass Suicide, Polytheism, Differential Association
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Family: a group united by blood, marriage, or adoption who shares a common residence for some part of their lives and assume reciprocal rights and obligation with regard to one another. Very difficult to define because it is different everywhere. Family vs household (group of people who live together. Family structures: nuclear family: the core group (immediate family) extended family: aunt, cousin, grandma. Modified extended family structures: we don"t live with extended family but we have contact with them often. Family of procreation: the family you make yourselves. Marriage rules: monogamy: one spouse at one time (norm in the us) serial monogamy: series of marriages (getting married/divorced a lot) polygamy: polygyny: 1 man married to many women. Polyandry: 1 woman, many men. (uncommon) group marriage: 2 or more men, 2 or women. Women usually don"t get jealous because they are married for convenience. Endogamy: marry someone inside your group (white marry white) race, religion, language.
