SOCL 2001 Chapter : Sociology Family
Document Summary
Families establish patterns of -mate selection-descent-inheritance-authority mate selection endogamy - specifies that its members must marry within their group-exogamy - specify that people must marry outside their group. Descent system of descent - the way people trace kinship over generations bilineal system we use this to think of ourselves as related to both our mother"s and father"s side of the family. Why a family is universal economic production, socialization of children, care of the sick an aged, recreation , sexual control, reproduction functionalists believe families fulfill sex needs that are basic to the survival of every society 1. economic production2. Love and courtship in global perspective romantic love - mutual sexual attraction and idealized feelings about one another social channels of love and marriage ageeducationsocial classrace and ethnicity. Homogamy tendency of eople who have similar characteristics to marry one another. The ideal family size people who attend church more often want larger families than those who attend on an irregular basis.
