Chapter 11

Question 1

Responsibilities of the family

Answer 1

Reproduction
Regulate sex
Care for dependents
Socialize young
Provide intimacy, a sense of belonging, and emotional support

Question 2

Family

Answer 2

Group of persons linked by blood, adoption, marriage, or quasi-marital commitments

Question 3

Marriage

Answer 3

Formal, socially or legally recognized union of two people

Question 4

Extended family

Answer 4

Family in which children and parents live with other relatives

Question 5

Nuclear family

Answer 5

Parents and underage children

Question 6

Blended family

Answer 6

Children born to only one parent in a couple

Question 7

Cross-houshold families

Answer 7

Children shift back and forth between more than one household

Question 8

Monogamy

Answer 8

Each man has only one wife at a time

Question 9

Polygamy

Answer 9

A person has more than one spouse at a time

Question 10

Rites of passage

Answer 10

Rituals that mark the end of one age status and the beginning of another

Question 11

Propinquity

Answer 11

Spacial nearness

Question 12

Homogamy

Answer 12

Marrying someone similar to you

Question 13

Endogamy

Answer 13

Marrying within one’s group

Question 14

Heterogamy

Answer 14

Marrying someone different

Question 15

Exogamy

Answer 15

Marrying outside one’s group

Question 16

Cohabitation

Answer 16

Living with a romantic/sexual partner without marrying

Question 17

Deinstitutionalization of marriage

Answer 17

Gradual disintegration of the social norms that defined marriage as essential for individuals and society

Question 18

Commodification of children

Answer 18

Children become treated as goods to be purchased