Family Types
What do we call the family a person is born into?
Family of orientation
What is the term for a marriage between people of different racial or ethnic backgrounds?
Interracial Marriage
In a patrilineal society, inheritance is traced through which family line?
Father's line
True or false: Single-parent households have become more common in the U.S. in recent decades.
True
What term describes marriage between just one man and one woman at a time?
Monogamy
What kind of family consists of a couple and their dependent children?
Nuclear Family
What term describes marriage to more than one person at the same time?
Polygamy
In a matrilocal society, where do newlyweds typically live?
With/near the bride's family
True or False: In the U.S., divorce rates have increased significantly since the 1960s.
True
From a sociological view, what is one main purpose of marriage?
To provide a stable environment for raising children
When children from previous relationships are brought into a new household, what type of family is formed?
Blended family
What is it called when two people live together in a romantic relationship without being married?
Cohabitation
What type of society traces inheritance and lineage through the mother’s side?
Matrilineal
Which of the following is a common reason people choose to get married: companionship, citizenship, or fame?
Companionship
What do sociologists call the family formed through marriage and childbearing?
Family of procreation
A person who marries, divorces, and remarries is typically part of what kind of family?
Blended family
What do we call the practice of marrying someone from outside your cultural or social group?
Exogamy
What is the practice of marrying within a specific group or category?
Endogamy
Which of the following is NOT a common reason for divorce: financial stress, communication issues, or having too much time together?
Too much time together
The conflict perspective would say rising divorce rates are primarily due to what?
Unequal power dynamics in relationships