parts we play in society, each role has its own social norms which tells us how we should act in that role
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Family
consists of people we are related to by ties of blood, marriage, adoption, civil partnership or cohabitation. There are many different types of family.
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Socialisation
the process of learning to become a member of society
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Norms
the rules within a culture
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values
ideas about what is worthwhile and important in a culture
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Culture
the way of life of a group of people
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Functionalist sociologist
sociologists who believe that each part of society has roles to fulfill in order that society can survive as a whole
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A household
one person living alone or a group of people who have the same address and share one meal a day or their living accommodation
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Nuclear family
a two generation family, consisting of parents and their dependent children
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Marriage
a legally recognised tie between a husband and wife
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Extended family
any family larger than a nuclear family
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Matrilocal
living with or near to the wife's family
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Traditional extended family
a three generation matrilocal family in which family members have frequent face to face contact
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Patrilocal
Living with or near to the husband's family
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Neolocal
the couple set up their own home
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Cohabitation
living together as partners without being married
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Divorce
the legal termination of marriage, leaving the couple free to remarry
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Secular society
a society that is not ruled by religious beliefs
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Serial monogamy
a person who has more than one marriage partner in their lifetime
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Boomerang
a family in which non-dependent children return home to live with their parents
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Lone-parent family
a mother or father living without a partner and their dependent children.
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Reconstituted family
a family in which one or both partners has been married or cohabited before, and has a child or children, creating step-relationships
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Beanpole family
a tall, narrow extended family often containing four or five generations
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singlehood
remaining single, the term 'creative single hood' refers to remaining single as a positive lifestyle
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Conjugal Roles
the roles of couples who are living together as partners
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Housewife
an unpaid role which made wives financially dependent on their husbands
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symmetrical family
a family in which conjugal roles are similar but not identical
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House husbands
a man with the main responsibilities for domestic tasks and childcare, whose partner is the man breadwinner
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Dark side of the family
a situation in which family life damages its members
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Domestic Violence
threatening behaviour, violence or abuse committed by a family member against another
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Child abuse
harm caused to a child or young person under 18 by an adult
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
parts we play in society, each role has its own social norms which tells us how we should act in that role
Back
Social roles
Card 3
Front
consists of people we are related to by ties of blood, marriage, adoption, civil partnership or cohabitation. There are many different types of family.
Back
Card 4
Front
the process of learning to become a member of society
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