CXC Social Studies
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- Monogamy
- a form of marriage which allows a person ot have only one wife or husband at the same time.
- Polygamy
- Marriage between more than two people.
- Polygny
- One man having two wives
- Polyandry
- One woman having two or more husbands.
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Choices of partners.
Endogamy - Partner must be chosen from within the same group or tribe, sect etc.
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Choices of partners.
Exogamy - Partner must be chosen from ourside his/her own tribe, sect group etc according to custom.
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Residence after marriage.
Patrilocal - The couple lives with husband's parents.
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Residence after marriage.
Matrilocal - The couple takes up residence with the wife's parents.
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Residence after marriage.
Neolocal - The husband and wife reside by themselves.
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Recording descent of married couple.
Matrilineal - The privileges and duties of the descent follow the female line
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Recording descent of married couple.
Patrilineal - The privileges and duties of descent follow the male line.
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Recording descent of married couple.
Bilineal - The privileges and duties of descent follow both lines.
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Dominance in house.
Matriarchal - Mother/female rules in the house.
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Dominance in house
patriarchal - father/male rules in the house
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Dominance in house
Equalitarian - Mother and father rule in the house.
- What is socialization?
- The process by which we are taught and by which we learn the acceptable patterns of behaviour and the culture of society.
- Agencies of socialization.
- Family, school, community,church, workplace, mass media.
- Original family of a married couple.
- Consanguine family.
- What are the different types of families?
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Nuclear family
extended family
single parent family
reconstituted family
visting union
the sibling household - What is the name of the family a newly married couple make?
- Conjugal family