The document provides a glossary of terms related to individual, family, and society, defining various family structures such as nuclear, extended, and single-parent families. It also explains concepts related to marriage, kinship, and legal terms like divorce and alimony. Key terms include matriarchal, patriarchal, monogamy, and inheritance, among others.
The document provides a glossary of terms related to individual, family, and society, defining various family structures such as nuclear, extended, and single-parent families. It also explains concepts related to marriage, kinship, and legal terms like divorce and alimony. Key terms include matriarchal, patriarchal, monogamy, and inheritance, among others.
The document provides a glossary of terms related to individual, family, and society, defining various family structures such as nuclear, extended, and single-parent families. It also explains concepts related to marriage, kinship, and legal terms like divorce and alimony. Key terms include matriarchal, patriarchal, monogamy, and inheritance, among others.
The document provides a glossary of terms related to individual, family, and society, defining various family structures such as nuclear, extended, and single-parent families. It also explains concepts related to marriage, kinship, and legal terms like divorce and alimony. Key terms include matriarchal, patriarchal, monogamy, and inheritance, among others.
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INDIVIDUAL, FAMILY AND
SOCIETY GLOSSARY OF TERMS •The following is a glossary of relevant terms for you to study: •Kinship -A group of people with common ancestry. •Nuclear family-a mother, a father and their children live together.
•Extended family- extended family members such as grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins live with the nuclear family. Multiple generations share a common household.
•Sibling household: older children look after younger siblings, parents are absent.
•Single-parent family: children live with one parent following divorce or separation.
•Blended/Reconstituted family- a family consisting of a couple, the children they have
had together, and their children from previous relationships.
•Matriarchal -are families that are dominated by the female parent.
• Patriarchal -are those with a father as the central authority figure. • Monogamy- marriage of one man to one woman. • Polyandry- the custom of one woman having two or more husbands. • Polygyny- the custom of one man having two or more wives. • Patrilocal- husband and wife take up residence with the husband’s parents • Matrilocal- husband and wife take up residence with the wife’s parents. • Neolocal- the couple reside together by themselves. • Matrilineal- follow the female line • Patrilineal- follow the male line •Bilineal- follow both lines
•Bigamy- the offence of marrying someone while already married to another person.
•Incest- sexual relations between people classed as being too closely related to marry each other,
•Marriage- the legally or formally recognized union of two people as partners in a personal relationship ,
•Legal separation- is a court-ordered agreement in which a married couple lives separate lives, usually by living apart. The separation court order may specify financial obligations.
•Divorce- also known as dissolution of marriage, is the process of terminating a marriage or marital union.
•Annulment- is a legal procedure within secular and religious legal systems for declaring a marriage null and void
•Alimony- financial support that a person is ordered by a court to give to their spouse during separation or following divorce; maintenance.
• Inheritance- is the practice of passing on private property, titles, debts, rights, and obligations upon the death of an individual.
