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Sociology of Education Ans: Examines formal education and schooling
in industrial societies
Education Ans: The social institution responsible for the systematic
transmission of knowledge, skills, and cultural values within a formally
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organized structure
Family Ans: A group of people who take responsibility for meeting each
other's needs
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Functions of the Family Ans: Regulating sexual behavior, patterning
reproduction, organizing production and consumption, socializing
children, providing care and protection, and providing social identity
Nuclear Family Ans: Most basic family form; compromised of a married
couple and their children
Extended Family Ans: Nuclear family plus additional generation (ex.
aunts, uncles, grandparents) all living in the same household
Monogamous Marriages Ans: Marriage pattern that involves one male
and one female
Polygamous Marriages Ans: Marriage pattern that involves one
individual of one sex and two or more of the other sex
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Polygyny Ans: Subform of polygamous marriages that involves one
central male who is married to two or more females (Iran, Egypt, Sudan,
and India)
Polyandry Ans: Subform of polygamous marriages that in involves one
central female who is married to two or more males (Tibet, Nepal, and
some parts of China)
Polyamory Ans: Practice of having multiple romantic relationships with
all parties having full knowledge and consent (not related to marriage)
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Single Ans: Person not in a committed relationship, partnership, or union
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Patriarchal Authority Structure Ans: Major affairs of the family are
dominated and controlled by men
Matriarchal Authority Structure Ans: Major affairs of the family are
dominated and controlled by women
Bilateral Authority Structure Ans: Power is shared between both men
and women
Rules of Endogamy Ans: Stipulates that an individual must marry within
certain social groups (such as social class or race)
Rules of Exogamy Ans: Stipulates that one must marry outside of certain
social categories (such as one's own family or sex)
Homogamy Ans: The tendency for someone to marry someone similar to
themselves