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| a culturally defined rule for behavior |
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| a socially approved mating relationship that is expected to be stable and enduring |
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| a nonceremonial form of marriage, established by cohabitation or evidence of consummation (sexual intercourse |
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| the act of marrying one person while still legally married to another |
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| an intimate environment in which two or more people live together in a committed relationship, see their identity as importantly attached to the group, and share close emotional ties and functions |
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| nonrelatives who are accepted as part of a family |
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| a family made up of a wife, a husband, and their biological or adopted children |
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| cultural norms and laws that forbid sexual intercourse between close blood relatives, such as brother and sister, father and daughter, or mother and son. |
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| a cultural rule requiring that people marry or have sexual relations only within their own particular group |
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| a cultural rule requiring people to marry outside of their particular group |
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| the process of acquiring the language, accumulated knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and values of one's society and culture and learning the social and interpersonal skills needed to function effectively in society |
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| pattern of behavior attached to a particular status, or position, in society |
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| important people, such as family members and close friends, characterized by close, long-lasting, intimate, and face-to-face interaction |
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| group characterized by impersonal and short-term relationships in which people work together on common tasks or activities |
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| a category of people who have a similar standing or rank based on wealth, education, power, prestige, and other valued resources |
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| the family into which a person is born |
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| the family a person forms by marrying and having or adopting children |
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| a network of people who are related by blood, marriage, or adoption |
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| a family in which two or more generations live together or in close proximity |
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| the practice of having only one husband or wife |
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| marrying several people, one at a time; that is, marrying, divorcing, remarrying, divorcing again, and so on |
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| a form of marriage in which one woman or one man has two or more spouses |
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| a person born in the post-World War II generation between 1946 and 1964 |
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| a sociological perspective that focuses on small-scale patterns of social interaction in specific settings |
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| a sociological perspective that focuses on large-scale patterns that characterize society as a whole |
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| a courting custom in American colonial times in which a young man and woman, both fully dressed, spent the night in bed together, separated by a wooden board |
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| a kinship system in which children trace their family descent through their mother's line and property is passed on to female heirs |
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| a kinship system in which children trace their family's descent through their father's line and property is passed on to male heirs |
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| the notion that family relationships take precedence over the concerns of individual family members |
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| a Mexican American family system in which close family friends are formally designated as godparents of a newborn, participate in the child's important rites of passgae, and maintain continuing strong ties with their godchild |
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| a concept of masculinity that stresses such attributes as dominance, assertiveness, pride, and sexual prowess |
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| a set of logically related statements that explain why a phenomenon occurs |
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| a theoretical perspective that examines the relationship between individuals, family roles, and the social environment |
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| structural-functional theory |
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| a macro-level theoretical perspective that examines the relationship between the family and the larger society as well as the internal relationships between family members |
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| in structural-functional theory, the "breadwinner" role of the husband or father, who must be hardworking, tough, and competitive |
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| in structural-functional theory, the supportive and nurturing role of the wife or mother, who must sustain and support the husband or father and children |
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| functions that are recognized or intended and are clearly present |
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| functions that are not recognized or intended, present but not immediately visible |
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| a macro-level sociological theory that examines the ways in which groups disagree and struggle over power and compete for scarce resources and that views conflict and its consequences as natural, inevitable, and often desirable |
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| theoretical perspectives that analyze socially constructed expectations based on variables such as gender roles, social class, race, ethnicity, and sexual orientation |
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| a data-collection in which researchers assign numbers to qualitative (i.e. nonnumeric) observations by counting and measuring attitudes or behavior |
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| a data-collection process in which researchers rely on observation and interviews and report their findings from the respondent's point of view |
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| symbolic interaction theory |
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| a micro-level theory that views everyday human interaction as governed by a society's or group's communication of knowledge, ideas, beliefs, and attitudes |
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| family life course development theory |
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| a micro-level theory that examines the changes that families experience over the lifespan |
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| specific role expectations and responsibilities that must be fulfilled as people move through the family life course |
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| a series of stages, each focusing on a different set of events, that the family goes through from the early days of a marriage to the death of one or both partners |
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| a theoretical perspective that examines the daily functioning and interactions of family members with each other and the larger society |
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| data-collection methods that systematically collect information from respondents by a mailed or self-administered questionnaire or by a face-to-face or telephone interview |
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| the study of individuals or small groups of people who seek help for physical or social problems from mental healthy professionals |
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| a data-collection method in which researchers collect information by systematically observing people in their natural surroundings |
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| analysis of data that have been collected by other researchers |
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| a data collection method where researcher investigates presumed cause-and-effect relationships under strictly controlled conditions |
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| research that assesses the effectiveness of social programs in both the public and private sectors |
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