1. CHAPTER 12 Section 1:The Family in Cross-Cultural Perspective Section 2:The American Family The Family

2. SECTION 1 Question: What norms are related to marriage-partner, residential, descent, and authority patterns? The Family in Cross-Cultural Perspective

3. SECTION 1 The Family in Cross-Cultural Perspective Descent Patterns Authority Patterns Marriage-Partner Patterns Residential Patterns  monogamy  polygamy  polygyny  polyandry  patrilineal descent  matrilineal descent  bilateral descent  patriarchy  matriarchy  egalitarian  patrilocality  matrilocality  bilocality  neolocality

4. SECTION 2 Question: What trends exist in American family life? The American Family

5. SECTION 2 The American Family Trends in American Family Life childlessnessremarriage delayed marriage delayed childbearing one-parent families dual-earner families

6. Chapter Wrap-Up 1.How are families structured around the world? 2.What four basic questions help to determine how a society or group within a society organizes families? 3.What functions does the family fulfill? 4.How do sociologists explain the high rate of divorce in the United States? 5.Why has the number of married women in the workforce increased? 1.How are families structured around the world? 2.What four basic questions help to determine how a society or group within a society organizes families? 3.What functions does the family fulfill? 4.How do sociologists explain the high rate of divorce in the United States? 5.Why has the number of married women in the workforce increased? CHAPTER 12