Family - Key Concepts

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how we see ourselves and how others see us
Identity
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parts we play in society; each role has its own social norms which tells us how we should act in that role
Social roles
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consists of people we are related to by ties of blood, marriage, adoption, civil partnerships or cohabitation
Family
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the process of learnbing to become a member of society
Socialisation
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the rules within a culture
Norms
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ideas about what is worthwile and important in a culture
Values
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the way of life of a group of people
Culture
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sociologists who believe that each part of society has roles to fulfill in order for society to survive as a whole
Functionalist sociologists
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one person living alone or a group of people who have the same address and share either one meal a day or their living accommodation
A Household
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a two-generational family, consisting of parents and their dependent childres
Nuclear Family
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a legally recognised tie between a husband and wife
Marriage
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any family larger than a nuclear family.
Extended Family
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living with or near to the wife's family
Matrilocal
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a three-generation matrilocal family in which family members have frequent face to face contact
Traditional Extended Family
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living with or near to the husband's family
Patrilocal
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the couple set up their own home
Neolocal
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living together as partners without being married
Cohabitation
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the legal termination (ending) of marriage, leaving the couple free to remarry
Divorce
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a society that is not rules by religious beliefs
Secular Society
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a person has more than one marriage partner in their lifetime
Serial Monogamy
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a family in which non-dependent children return home to live with their parents
Boomerang Family
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a mother or father living alone without their partnery, and their dependent children
Lone-Parent Family
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a family in which one or both partners has been married or cohabited before, and has a child or children, creating step relationships
Reconstituted Family
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a tall, narrow extended family often containing four (or five) generations
Beanpole Family
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remaining single
Singlehood
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the roles of husbands and wives or couples who are living together as partners
Conjugal Roles
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an unpaid role which made wives financially dependent on their husbands
Housewife
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a family in which conjugal roles are similar but not identical
Symmetrical Family
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a man with the main responsibility for domestic tasts and childcare, whose partner is the main breadwinner
Househusband
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a situation in which family life damages its members
Dark side of the family
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threatening behaviour, violence or abuse (psychological, emotional, physical, sexual or financial) committed by a family member against another
Domestic Violence
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harm caused to a child or young person under 18 by an adult
Child Abuse
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