SOC-307 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Fictive Kinship, Nuclear Family, Family Values
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Families and relationships: beanpole" families: people live longer and have fewer children, therefore fewer siblings, and family trees become longer and thinner, a household - two generations; parents & children is a nuclear family. Next of kin for a will: global family" - through interconnected problems such as wars or climate change, minority world north america, europe, australia, new. Zealand, and parts of latin america: common identity individuals" comprehension of themselves as a discrete, separate entity through being part of their family grouping. Birthdays, weddings: values principles that define you as a person, such as honesty. Direct affinity two people are married or in a legally recognized relationship. Secondary affinity spouse and the other spouses relatives by marriage. Collateral affinity between a spouse and the relatives of the other spouses relatives: collateral relative descended from the same biological pool but in a different time.
