Chapter 12 Sociology

2. family: families that are comprised of step-parents and/or step-siblings
4. family: consist of parents, their children, and other relatives
7. residence: a new residence formed by a couple who live separately from their original families
9. definition of family: a group of two or more people who are mutually committed to one another and who care for one another
11. families in which fathers are the major authority figure in the family
12. descent: a system of descent in which both paternal and maternal ancestors and descendants are considered part of one’s family
15. a residence system where it is customary for the husband to live with (or near) his wife's blood relatives (or family of orientation)
16. social and spatial nearness; the variable that mostly drives homogamy
18. a marriage in which only two spouses exist
19. family: a married couple and their young children living by themselves under one roof
20. when people who are similar in social characteristics get married

1. residence: a residence system where it is customary for the wife to live with (or near) her husband’s blood relatives (or family of orientation)
3. marriage which occurs within one’s own social category or social group
5. marriage which occurs across social categories or social groups
6. monogamy: to move from one intimate relationship to another in a sequence
8. descent: the tracing of kinship through one parent only
10. of orientation: the families in which we are raised
13. families in which fathers and mothers share authority equally
14. of procreation: a new household for raising children
17. the marriage of one person to two or more people at a time