Family
Marriage Structures
Functions of family
Divorce
Benefits of Being Married
100
What is Family of Orientation?
The family into which an individual is born.
100
What is the difference between Polygyny and Polyandry?
Polygyny is a marriage form permitting more than one wife while Polyandry is a marriage form permitting more than one husband.
100
What is the difference between Ascribed Status and Achieved Status?
Ascribed is present at birth and Achieved is status that comes as a result as of your own efforts.
100
What is Divorce?
Legal dissolution of marriage.
100
Lower odds of being crime victims
Lower odds of being crime victims
200
What is Family of Procreation?
The family an individual forms by marriage and or having children.
200
What is Serial Monogamy?
The process of establishing an intimate marriage or cohabiting relationship that eventually dissolves and is followed by another intimate marriage or cohabiting relationship that eventually dissolves. (a series of relationships)
200
What is the difference between Homogamy and Heterogamy?
Homogamy is the tendency to pair off with another person who is similar to us while heterogamy is the tendency to pair off with another person who is different in same the ways.
200
What is the divorce rate?
The number of divorces/1,000 married women.
200
Better physical and emotional health
Better physical and emotional health
300
What is Blended Family?
Family created by marriage of two adults where one or both of them has one or more children from a prior relationship.
300
What is Cohabiting?
Living together in a marital-like relationship.
300
What is Social Exchange Theory?
Society composed of ever present interactions among individuals who attempt to maximize rewards while minimizing costs.
300
What is predictive divorce rate?
The percent of people who had married in a given year who will divorce at some point before death.
300
Higher self-reported happiness
Higher self-reported happiness
400
What is Extended Family?
Extended families are your cousins, aunts and uncles, and grand and great-grandparents
400
What is the difference between Patriarchal and Matriarchal?
Patriarchal is where males have power in the household whereas Matriarchal is where the females have the power.
400
What is Propinquity?
The geographic proximity of two potential mates to one another.
400
What is Marital Entropy?
A marriage does not receive preventative maintenance and upgrades it will move towards decay and break down.
400
Safer circumstances for children
Safer circumstances for children
500
What is Nuclear Family?
Nuclear family is a family group consisting of a mother and or a father.
500
What is Egalitarian?
Power and authority more fairly distributed between husband and wife.
500
What is Filtering?
The process of eliminating potential mates from the pool of eligibles in the marketplace.
500
What do you guys think you can do to minimize the odds of divorce?
- Wait till you are 21 years of age. - Don't marry because of a child - Be active in the marriage and solve issues together - Never cohabit - Stay committed - Be careful on who you choose to marry
500
Longer life expectancy
Longer life expectancy
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