Key terms - Family 0.0 / 5 ? SociologyFamiliesGCSEOCR Created by: PoppymwCreated on: 20-04-18 09:29 Family Consists of people who are by blood,marriage,adoption,civil partnership or cohabitation 1 of 26 Functionalists Sociologists wgo believe that each part of society has roles to fulfil in order that society can survive as a whole 2 of 26 A household One or more people who live under the same address and share meals or their living accommodation 3 of 26 Nuclear family A two generation family consisting of the parents and their depedant children 4 of 26 Extended family Any family larger than a nuclear family in the same household 5 of 26 Traditional extended family A three generation matrilocal family in which family members have frequent face to face contact 6 of 26 Boomerang family A family in which non depedent children return home 7 of 26 Lone parent family When a mother of father are living alone witht their children. 8 of 26 Reconstituted family A family in which one or both parents have been in other relationships and have had children creating 'step relationships' 9 of 26 Beanpole family A tall narrow extended family often contains 4 generations 10 of 26 Symmetrical family A family in which conigual roles are similar but not identical 11 of 26 Marriage A legally recongised tie between a husband and wife 12 of 26 Matrilocal Living with or near to the wifes family 13 of 26 Patrilocal Living near or with the husbands family 14 of 26 Neolocal The couple set up their own home 15 of 26 Cohabitation Living together as partners without being married 16 of 26 Divorce The legal ending of a marriage 17 of 26 Secular society A society that is not ruled by relgious beliefs 18 of 26 Serial monogamy A person has more than one marriage in their life time 19 of 26 Singlehood Remaining single or 'creative singlehood' for a postive lifestyle 20 of 26 Conjugal roles The roles of husbands and wives or couple who are living together as partners 21 of 26 Housewife An unpaid role which makes wives financally dependent on their husband 22 of 26 Househusband A man with the main responsibility for domestic tasks and childcare, whose partner is a bread winner 23 of 26 The dark side of the family A situation in which family life damages its menbers 24 of 26 Domestic violence Threating behaviour, violence or abuse commited by a family member against another 25 of 26 Child abuse Harm caused to an under 18 year old by an adult 26 of 26
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