1. The Family
Chapter 12

2. Objectives
Describe the norms that influence the ways in which marriage patterns are organized around the world.
Identify the basic societal needs that the institution of the family satisfies.
Explain how American families begin & describe some of the disruptions they might face.
Analyze some of the trends in American family life currently being examined by sociologists.

3. Family
a group of people who are related by marriage, blood or adoption & who often live together and share economic resources

4. Nuclear Family consists of 1 or more parents & their children
Family of Orientation: nuclear family into which one is born or adopted
Family of Procreation: nuclear family consisting of an individual, his or her spouse & their children

5. Extended Family consists of 2 or more generations
grandparents, parents, children, uncles, aunts & cousins may all live together

6. Kinship
a network of people who are related by marriage, birth, or adoption

7. Marriage & Kinship Patterns

8. Marriage-Partner Patterns
Monogamy: marriage of 2 partners only
Polygamy: marriage with multiple partners

9. Descent Patterns
Patrilineal Descent: kinship traced through father’s family
Matrilineal Descent: kinship traced through mother’s family
Bilateral Descent: kinship traced through both parents
important in matters of property ownership & inheritance.

10. Residential Patterns
Patrilocality: newly married couple expected to live with or near husband’s parents
Matrilocality: newly married couple expected to live with or near wife’s parents
Bilocality: newly married couple allowed to choose
Neolocality: newly married couple free to choose their own locality

11. Authority Patterns
Patriarchy: system in which men are dominant over women
Matriarchy: system in which women are dominant over men
Egalitarian: a family in which the man & woman share power

12. Functions of the Family
regulation of sexual activity
Incest: taboo
reproduction
socialization
economic & emotional security

13. Homogamy
marriage between individuals who have similar social characteristics

14. Heterogamy
marriage between individuals who have different social characteristics

15. Trends in American Family Life
delayed marriage
childlessness
dual-earner marriages
delayed childbearing
remarriage
1-parent families

16. CLASSWORK: CHAPTER 12 Pg 304: #2-3 Pg 317: #2-3
Pg 318: #1-10 Identifying People & Ideas
Pg 318: #1-5 Understanding Main Ideas
Pg 319: #1-4 Building Social Studies Skills

17. Exploring Cultural Diversity
Please turn in your books to Pg 298.
Read the following study on changing family life & answer the “Think About It” questions in your journals.