Sociology of Family and Relationships

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Adolescence

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Transitional stage between childhood and adulthood (roughly ages 12-18) marked by physical, emotional, and social development.

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Arranged marriage

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Marriage in which families or matchmakers choose the partners, but the couple still give consent.

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Blended / reconstituted family

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Family formed when partners with children from previous relationships live together, creating step-relationships.

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Canalization

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Process whereby parents and others steer children toward gender-typical toys, choices, and activities.

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Child rearing

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Day-to-day practices of bringing up children, including care, discipline, and teaching norms and values.

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Childhood

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Socially defined life stage of dependence and protection from birth to adolescence.

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Cohabitation

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Unmarried couple living together in an intimate partnership.

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Conjugal relationships

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Relationships between married or cohabiting partners.

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Conjugal role

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Expected duties and responsibilities of each partner within marriage or cohabitation.

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Consensus

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Broad agreement in society about basic norms and values.