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15 Cards in this Set
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primary group
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any group in which there is a close, face-to-face relationship
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secondary group
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more distant, practical, and unemotional relationship
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nuclear family
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traditionaly: husband, wife, and children in an independent household
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household
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person or a group of people who occupy a dwelling unit. most common is of married couples without children
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total fertility rate
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fertility rate of women in that year
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structural constraints
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economic and social forces, that limit personal choices
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choosing by default
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unconscious decisions. made when people are unaware of the alternatives of follow a path of least resistance
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choosing knowledgeably
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recognizing as many options or alternatives as possible.
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self-concept
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individual's idea about his or her worth and about what sort of person she or he is
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individualistic (self-fulfillment)
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encourage people to think in terms of personal happiness and goals and the development of a distinct individual identity
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familism
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virtual sacrafice of individual family members needs and goals for the sake of the extended family
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familistic (communal) values
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focusing on family needs. debate with individualistic values
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family decline perspective
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cultural change toward excessive individualism that they characterize as the self-indulgence of the baby boom generation
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family change
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seen as normal. marriage has been in a constant state of evolution
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extended family
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larger kin group
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