True or False? Read the following statements and determine whether they are true of false.

1.About half of the couples in the United States who marry will divorce.

2.A new family structure develops after divorce.

3.High school sweethearts who marry have a less than 10% chance of being together twenty years later.

4.In more than half of all marriages, both the husband and wife work outside the home.

5.The divorce rate has been steadily climbing since 1960.

A family is considered to be a social institution, or a system of statuses, roles, norms an social structures that are organized to satisfy some particular basic need of society What are other examples of social

institutions?

A family is a group of people related by marriage, blood or adoption Family of orientation – the family we are

born into at birth

Family of procreation – the family we establish upon marriage

Due: Thursday, May 1Receive a new copy of “The Family”

assignmentChoose 5 questions from “The

Family” assignmentAsk 10 people, at random, to answer

the 5 questions that you chose (try to get a variety of answers)

Record their answers and have them sign your paper

Answer the following questions:1.When should parents begin discussing

values related to the dating process? 2.What personal values are important to

consider in relation to dating?3.What role does the community play in

dating?4.Does the community have a

responsibility to provide dating activity options? Explain.

Nuclear Family

Extended Family

Regardless of culture, families behave in similar patterns across cultures. These patterns relate to:

1. Inheritance2. Authority3. Place of Residence

“Patri-” = Father

“Matri = Mother

Inheritance – the passing on of descent, or who becomes head of family and the ownership of property from generation to generation

Patrilineal – descent and inheritance are passed through the male line

Matrilineal –descent and inheritance passed through the female line

Bilateral – descent and inheritance are passed equally through both parents

Authority – who has control over the household

Patriarchy - the pattern in which the oldest man living in the household has authority over the rest of the family members

Matriarchy – the pattern in which the oldest woman living in the household has authority over the rest of the family members

Equalitarian – family structure in which authority is evenly shared between husband and wife

Place of Residence – where newly married couples set up their households

Patrilocal – refers to pattern of which married couples live with or near the husbands’ parents

Matrilocal – refers to the pattern in which married couples live with or near the wives’ parents

Neolocal – refers to the pattern in which newly married couples set up their own households