Functions of families
Fulfill human needs such as providing for children, defining parental roles, regulating sexuality, and passing knowledge and property to future generations.
role
stauts
any cultural-designated positions a person occupies in a particular status.
The set of behavior expected behavior of an individuals who occupies a particular status.
Kinship
The word used to describe culturally recognized ties between members of a family.
Kinship System
Patrilineal descent
Matrilineal descent
Unilineal
Bilateral descent
Kinship terms
Kinship terminology
Terms used in a language to describe relatives.
Eskimo System
Hawaiian System
Marriage and Family
Serial monogamy
Marriage to a succession of spouses one after the other.
Non- conjugal family
Nuclear family
stem family
Conjugal family
extended family
joint family
Polygamous families
polygyny
Polyandry
Who can you marry?
Endogamy
Exogamy
Arranged marriage
Patrilateral cousin marriage
Marry within a cultural group
Cultural expectations for marriage outside a particular group
One husband, multiple wives
One wife, multiple husband
household
Family members who reside together
Domestic group
describe a group of people who live together even if members do not consider themselves to be family.
Family of orientation
Family in which they were raised
Family of orientation
Family of procreation
A new household for raising procreation
neolocal
new location
patrilocal
father's location
Avunculocal
uncle's location
matrilocal
mother's location
bilocal
two locations
Ambilocal
either location