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| the family you grow up with |
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| one that you establish through marriage |
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| mom and dad and young kids living at home |
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| extended family/consanguine family |
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| people related by blood that aren't mother, father, or siblings |
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| parent(s) choose a mate for their kids based on income, agreeable to get along with in-laws |
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| the act of marrying someone from outside one's group (clan, tribe, or village) |
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| the act of marrying someone form one's own group |
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| marriage of one person to tow or more people of the opposite sex |
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| marriage of one woman to two or more men |
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| marriage of one man to two or more women |
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| the marriage of one person to two or more people at different times |
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| a home where the married couple live by themselves, away from both husband's and wife's families |
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| a home where the married couple live with the husband's family |
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| a home where the married couple live with the wife's family |
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| the norm that recognizes only the father's family as a child's close relatives |
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| the norm that recognizes only the mother's family as a child's close relatives. |
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| the norm that recognizes both parents' families as the child's close relatives |
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| the dominant figure is the eldest male |
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| the dominant figure is the eldest female |
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| marrying someone with social characteristics similar to one's own |
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| natural physical process of aging |
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| an abnormal condition characterized by serious memory loss, confusion, and loss of the ability to reason |
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| wisdom and insight into the human condition, as shown by one's skills in language, philosophy, music, or painting |
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| the ability to grasp abstract relationships as in mathematics, physics, or some other science, tends to stabilize or decline with age. |
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| disengagement theory (functionalist) |
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| old people disengage with society and society disengages with old people |
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| minority theory (conflict) |
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| older people are treated in society as an oppressed minority. "ageism" |
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| prejudice and discrimination against old people |
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| activity theory (symbolic interactionist) |
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| most older people maintain a great deal of interaction with others, even in vigorous settings. Older people invest more time in their social roles |
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| elders interact primarily with one another, sharing interests and experiences with members of the same age group. |
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