1. Chapter 14 - Marriage and Family

2. What Is Marriage? What Is a Family?
marriage a legally recognized social contract between two people, BUT…

3.  B. Family

4.  B. Family
family of orientation
family of procreation

5. What is a Family? C. Challenges Families Face
what constitutes a family?
“a group of two people or more (one of whom is the householder) related by birth, marriage, or adoption and residing together”
What is a Family?
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6. C. Challenges Families Face
2. what constitutes a marriage?

7. D. Marriage Patterns Age at first marriage Flowing Data Link
Median age at first marriage 2016: men , women

8. D. Marriage Patterns
2. cohabitation

9. Sequential monogamy
Linda Wolfe, who first wed at 16, had 23 ex-husbands at age 68.

10. D. Marriage Patterns
3. One Partner or Many?
b) polygamy

11. D. Marriage Patterns
3. One Partner or Many?
b) polygamy
Polygyny

12. D. Marriage Patterns
3. One Partner or Many?
b) polygamy
(2) polyandry

13. D. Marriage Patterns 3. One Partner or Many? c) bigamy
d) polygamy in the US
An estimated over 100,000 people in the monogamous United States of America (especially the fundamentalist Mormons) are practicing polygamy secretly and illegally

14. E. Residency and Lines of Descent bilateral descent Kinship
Unilateral descent
patrilineal
matrilineal
ambilineal
bilateral
ambilineal
patrilineal
matrilineal

16. E. Residency and Lines of Descent
3. residence.
patrilocal residence
matrilocal residence
Neolocal residence

17. F. Stages of Family Life
family life cycle
family life course

18. Variations in Family Life
Nuclear family

19. Variations in Family Life
B. Single Parents
Single-parent households
Stepparents

20. Variations in Family Life
B. Single Parents
extended family
a. Modified extended family

21. Variations in Family Life
C. Cohabitation

22. Variations in Family Life
D. Same-Sex Couples

23. Variations in Family Life
E. Staying Single
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24. Theoretical Perspectives on Marriage and Family
Functionalism
four universal residual functions of the family:
Sexual Regulation
Reproductive
In Virginia:
A man shall be presumed to be the father of a child if he and the mother of the child are married to each other and the child is born during the marriage.
Number of births ,988,076
Total immigrants in ,051,031

25. Theoretical Perspectives on Marriage and Family
Functionalism
four universal residual functions of the family:
c) Educational - socialization
d) Economic

26. Theoretical Perspectives on Marriage and Family
B. Conflict Theory - conflicts over power and control
1) Who Does the Most Around the House
2) Money-Related Arguments
3) Too Much, or Not Enough, Physical Intimacy
4) How to Raise Children
5) Jealousy
6) Family-Related Arguments
7) Issues from the Past
8) Political Disagreements
9) Work and Success
10) Timing of Life’s Milestones

27. Theoretical Perspectives on Marriage and Family
C. Symbolic Interactionism
1. Exchange Perspective
2. Développemental Perspective

28. Challenges Families Face
Divorce and Remarriage
Divorce rate

29. Challenges Families Face
Divorce and Remarriage
2. Children of Divorce and Remarriage.
Source: Laumann-Billings, L. &. Emery, R.E. (2000). Distress among young adults from divorced families. Journal of Family Psychology, 14,

30. Challenges Families Face
B. Violence and Abuse
Domestic Violence
intimate partner violence (IPV)

31. Challenges Families Face
B. Violence and Abuse
2. Child Abuse
neglect (78.3 percent),
physical abuse
sexual abuse
psychological maltreatment
medical neglect
3. shaken-baby syndrome