Powerpoint 1

• family of origin is the family you grew up in
• A binuclear family consist if parents who don't live together and there are 2 separate homes
• family of procreation means to have children
• blended family consists of a step-brother or step sister or half brother/sister
• fictive kin is people who arent related but consider them as family
• definition of family:

  US government def- two or more individuals who are related by blood, marriage, or adoption and residing together (has flaws, ddoesn'toesnt fit most family definitions)
• definition of family:

  a social psychological def- a group whose members are bound by legal, biological, or emotional ties, or all three
• Elements of western marriage:

  • marriage is a legal contract between a couple and the state in which they reside
  • marriage is based on an emotional relationship of some type, often love, but not necessarily
  • marriage insludes sexual boundaries, monogamous, non-monogamous, or polyamorous
  • marriage requires legal responsibility for children concieved, born, or adopted within the marriage
  • marriage is openly announced, not a secret
• single predictor of divorce is those who get married in their teens
• marriage is a license which the state control who you marry and what age
• people who take pre-marital classes are usually more happy
• marriage licenses are the only contract you'll ever sign that you can null the next day
• no-fault divorce- if partner wants a divorce, you can't stop it
• monogamy - two individuals who stay married until death or until the dissolution of the marriage
• serial monogamy - two individuals who stay together until they divorce, and then marry someone else
• polygamy - more than two spouses at the same time
• polygyny - one husband has two or more wives
• polyandry - one wife has two or more husbands
• pantagamy - group marriage in which each member of the group is married to the others
• child marriage - is illegal around the world but still practiced in rural parts of India, Pakistan, and other parts of Asia
• arranged marriage - 130 out of 142 societies, including the US and Canda, have groups that practice arranged marriages. Forced marriage is illegal, but arranged marriage is not
• the family into which you were born or in which you grew up in is your family of origin
• nuclear family - consists of you, your parents, and your siblings; or your spouse and your children