Ch11 The Family
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True or False? Read the following statements and determine whether they are true of false.
1.About half of the couples in the United States who marry will divorce.
2.A new family structure develops after divorce.
3.High school sweethearts who marry have a less than 10% chance of being together twenty years later.
4.In more than half of all marriages, both the husband and wife work outside the home.
5.The divorce rate has been steadily climbing since 1960.
A family is considered to be a social institution, or a system of statuses, roles, norms an social structures that are organized to satisfy some particular basic need of society What are other examples of social
institutions?
A family is a group of people related by marriage, blood or adoption Family of orientation – the family we are
born into at birth
Family of procreation – the family we establish upon marriage
Due: Thursday, May 1Receive a new copy of “The Family”
assignmentChoose 5 questions from “The
Family” assignmentAsk 10 people, at random, to answer
the 5 questions that you chose (try to get a variety of answers)
Record their answers and have them sign your paper
Answer the following questions:1.When should parents begin discussing
values related to the dating process? 2.What personal values are important to
consider in relation to dating?3.What role does the community play in
dating?4.Does the community have a
responsibility to provide dating activity options? Explain.
Nuclear Family
Extended Family
Regardless of culture, families behave in similar patterns across cultures. These patterns relate to:
1. Inheritance2. Authority3. Place of Residence
“Patri-” = Father
“Matri = Mother
Inheritance – the passing on of descent, or who becomes head of family and the ownership of property from generation to generation
Patrilineal – descent and inheritance are passed through the male line
Matrilineal –descent and inheritance passed through the female line
Bilateral – descent and inheritance are passed equally through both parents
Authority – who has control over the household
Patriarchy - the pattern in which the oldest man living in the household has authority over the rest of the family members
Matriarchy – the pattern in which the oldest woman living in the household has authority over the rest of the family members
Equalitarian – family structure in which authority is evenly shared between husband and wife
Place of Residence – where newly married couples set up their households
Patrilocal – refers to pattern of which married couples live with or near the husbands’ parents
Matrilocal – refers to the pattern in which married couples live with or near the wives’ parents
Neolocal – refers to the pattern in which newly married couples set up their own households