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| A nuclear family or traditional family is a | family consisting of a father and mother and their biological children. |
| Extended family refers to | familial networks that extend beyond the nuclear family and may extend beyond the home. |
| There is no real “typical” family in | Western society today |
| Families can consist of stepsiblings | and half-siblings; there are many single-parent families |
| Andrew Cherlin discusses his research on changing attitudes toward marriage and describes his | concept of the “marriage-go-round." |
| Endogamy refers to | marriage to someone within one’s social group (race, ethnicity, class, education, religion, region, or nationality). |
| Exogamy refers to | marriage to someone from a different social group. |
| Loving v. Virginia is the 1967 Supreme Court case that | ended antimiscegenation laws (laws that said that interracial couples could not marry). |
| Polyandry, | a system of marriage that allows women to have multiple husbands, is a more rare form of polygamy |
| About 8 percent of all households are occupied by couples who are | cohabitating (living together as a romantically involved, unmarried couple). |
| Industrial Revolution created a division between | work and home |
| Feminist theorists suggest gender roles | are learned in the family. |
| Women today have two jobs | paid labor outside the home and unpaid labor inside the home. |
| Latinos come from many different | countries and cultural backgrounds |
| Divorce is a | constant in our society |
| optimal description of the “ideal” family is that | it best serves the needs of all its members. |
