FRHD 1020 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Morphogenesis, Focus Group, Longitudinal Study

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 1020
• Professor: Agnieszka Woznia

Document Summary

Household: people who occupy the same dwelling and can consist of one or more families, a single person, or a group of related or unrelated people e. g. siblings, a live-in nanny, or apartment mates. Polygamy: the practice in many muslim countries and was encouraged among the early. Monogamy: marriage to only one person at a time. Communal living: sharing financial resources, work assignments, and even meals on a community basis, e. g. the hutterites. A couple living common-law may be of opposite or same sex. Children may be children by birth, marriage, or adoption. Children in a census family include grandchildren living with their grandparent(s) but with no parents. Nuclear family: regarded as married parents and their children and sometimes called the standard north american family and it forms the basis for what advocates call. Extended family: encompasses the nuclear family and all other relatives.