SOC101Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 278: Polyandry, Bilateral Descent, Nuclear Family
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Families we choose: social arrangements that include inimate relaionships between couples and close familial relaionships with other couples as well as with other adults and children. Families of orientaion and procreaion: during our lifeime many of us will be members of two diferent types of families a family of orientaion and the family of procreaion. The family of orientaion is the family into which a person is born and in which early socializaion usually takes place. Although most people are related to members of the family waiing teaching by blood ies those who are adopted have legal ie ater a blood relaionship. Extended and nuclear families: sociologist english between extended and nuclear families based on the number of generaions that live within the household. An extended family is a family unit composed of relaives in addiion to parenis and children lived in the same household. Marriage partners: across cultural studies a characterizing diferent forms of marriage.
