lesson 4

• Family


  A group of people related by affinity or consanguinity
• Nuclear family


  A group of people who are united by ties of partnership and parenthood and consisting of a pair of adults and their socially recognized children
• Types of families based on structure


  • Family orientation
  • Family of procreation
  • Extended families
• Types of families based on blood relationship


  • Conjugal family
  • Consanguineal family
• Types of families based on ancestry


  • Patrilineal family
  • Bilateral family
• Types of families based on residence


  • Patrilocal family
  • Matrilocal family
  • Avunculocal family
  • Ambilocal family
  • Neolocal family
• Types of families based on authority


  • Patriarchal family
  • Matriarchal family
  • Egalitarian family
• Types of families based on marriage


  • Monogamous family
  • Polygamous family
  • Polyandrous family
• Types of families based on in-group or out-group affiliation


  • Exogamous
  • Endogamous
• Natural or biological exogamy


  The matrimonial union of non-consanguineal-related beings restricted by incest law
• Cultural or social exogamy


  The matrimonial union external to a specific cultural or social group
• Authoritative parenting


  • Characterized using rationale, warmth, firm control, and issue-oriented discipline
• Authoritarian parenting


  • Characterized by toughness and unreceptiveness
  • Restrictive with heavy punishment and little or no explanation or response
• Indulgent or permissive parenting


  • Parents are responsive, but not demanding
  • They are lenient and nondirective
• Neglectful parenting


  • Parents are inattentive and are remiss in their duties
  • They are basically unresponsive, disconnected, and distant