[SOC 335] - Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (17 pages long!)
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Genealogy- the study of ancestry and family history. There are many symbolic forms of family connections. Families- groups of related people, bound by connections that are biological, legal, or emotional. Biological is between parents and their children. Emotional are family friends and others not related by blood or legal. The idea of these three categories is not universally accepted. Usually the label family signals an expectation of care or commitment. People are expected to sacrifice their personal time, energy, and money for the well-being of their family members. Abandoning a child is a criminal offence. Family authority is recognized both informally by common practice and formally by the law. Several types of definitions: the personal family, the legal family, the family as an institutional arena. Personal family- the people to whom we feel related and who we expect to define us as members of their family as well. People define this based on their definition of related.
