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A set of people who are embedded within a larger cultural group or society and who share beliefs, behaviors, values, and norms that are also transmitted from generation to generation
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Ethnic group
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Emphasizes the relationshps formed through marriages; nuclear family
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Conjugal family system
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Emphasizes blood ties more than marital ties; composite family groups
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Consanguineal family system
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The emotional closeness a person feels to other family members; commitment and quality time
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Family cohesion
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The ability to change and adapt when necessary; stress managment and spiritual beliefs
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Family flexibility
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The sharing of information, dieas, and fellings with each other; apppreciation, affection
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Family communication
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The assumption that one's own cultures is the standard by which other cultures should be judged
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Ethnocentrism
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The process in which old cultrual traits and values are relinquished and replaced by those of the dominant culture
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Assimilation
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The process whereby cultural traits and values from one ethnic group become blended with those of the dominant culture
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Acculturation
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A feeling of belonging that evolves from the shared beliefs, values, and attitudes of a group of people; the structure of the group's marital, sexual, and kinship relationships
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Cultural identity
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The relatedness of certain individuals within a group
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Kinship
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A set of people who embrace core beliefs, behaviors, values, and norms and transmit them from generation to generation
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Cultural group
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The smallest, most elementary kinship unit - usually consists of two parents and their dependent children
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Nuclear family
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Encompases relatives, kin, and other family members connected to the family system
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Extended family system
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Includes the economic, educational, and other related resources available
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Social system
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