| A | B |
|---|
| family | a group of people related by marriage, blood, or adoption |
| marriage | a legal union based on mutual rights/obligations |
| nuclear family | one or both parents and children |
| extended family | two or more adult generations whose members share finances in one household |
| patrilineal | inherit through male line |
| matrilineal | inherit through female line |
| bilateral | inherit through both genders to both genders |
| patriarchy | oldest male has authority |
| matriarchy | oldest female has authority |
| equalitarian | authority is shared between husband and wife |
| patrilocal | live by husbands' parents |
| matrilocal | live by wifes' parents |
| neolocal | live where you want |
| monogamy | one man/one woman |
| polygamy | marrying 2+ |
| polygyny | one man/2+ women |
| polyandry | 2+ men/1 woman |
| exogamy | marrying outside your group |
| incest taboo | can't marry close relatives |
| endogamy | marry within your group |
| homogamy | marrying someone similar |
| heterogamy | marrying someone different |
| socioemotional maintenance | provision of acceptance/support |
| marriage rate | # of marriages per year for every 1000 people |
| divorce rate | # of divorces for every 1000 people |
| blended family | 2nd marriage with children from a previous marriage |
| adolescents | age 12 - 17 |
| dual-employed marriages | both spouses work |
| cohabitation | living together before marriage |
| boomerang kids | adult children who return to live with parents |
| formal schooling | education provided by society |
| open classroom | nonbureaucratic approach to education that democratic, flexible, and noncompetitive |
| cooperative learning | students work together |
| integrative curriculum | students and teachers work together |
| voucher system | funds for schooling may be used in public, private or religious schools |
| charter school | public schools that are run like private schools |
| magnet schools | specialize in an area of education |
| for-profit schools | run by companies like a business using govt. funds |
| manifest function | intended result |
| latent function | unintended result |
| tracking | placement in programs based on ability level |
| meritocracy | social status is based on ability |
| competition | rewards are based on performance |
| educational equality | same results for lower class and minority as others |
| cognitive ability | thinking abstractly |
| cultural bias | unfair measurment of cognitive abilities |
| school desegregation | racial balance in the classroom |
| multicultural education | emphasizing other races and genders in curriculum |
| compensatory education | programs designed to overcome deficiencies |
| hidden curriculum | nonacademic agenda that teaches discipline, order, cooperativeness, and conformity |
| self-fulfilling prophecy | a prediction that results in behavior that makes the prediction come true |
