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  2. Social system - Wikipedia

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    In sociology, a social system is the patterned network of relationships constituting a coherent whole that exist between individuals, groups, and institutions. [1] It is the formal structure of role and status that can form in a small, stable group. [ 1 ]

  3. Nuclear family - Wikipedia

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    Photograph of a nuclear family in Maryland, Sgt. Samuel Smith, Mollie Smith, and their daughters Mary and Maggie, c. 1863–1865. A nuclear family (also known as an elementary family, atomic family, or conjugal family) is a term for a family group consisting of parents and their children (one or more), typically living in one home residence.

  4. Types of social groups - Wikipedia

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    Examples include study groups, sports teams, schoolmates, attorney-client, doctor-patient, coworkers, etc. Cooley had made the distinction between primary and secondary groups, by noting that the term for the latter refers to relationships that generally develop later in life, likely with much less influence on one’s identity than primary groups.

  5. Family - Wikipedia

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    Nuclear conjugal family Husband: a male spouse. Wife: a female spouse. Son: a male child of the subject. Grandson: a child's son. Daughter: a female child of the subject. Granddaughter: a child's daughter. Nuclear non-lineal family Spouse: husband or wife Stepparent: a spouse of a parent that is not a biological parent; Sibling: sister or brother

  6. Family of choice - Wikipedia

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    A family of choice refers to a group of people bound by intentional and chosen relationships with a focus on mutual love, trust, and commitment. This is in contrast to a " family of origin ", the biological or adoptive family into which a person is born or raised.

  7. Sociobiology - Wikipedia

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    Sociobiology is a field of biology that aims to explain social behavior in terms of evolution.It draws from disciplines including psychology, ethology, anthropology, evolution, zoology, archaeology, and population genetics.

  8. Family values - Wikipedia

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    Additionally, the concept of family values may be understood as a reflection of the degree to which familial relationships are valued within an individual's life. In the social sciences and U.S. political discourse, the conventional term traditional family describes the nuclear family —a child-rearing environment composed of a leading father ...

  9. Systems of social stratification - Wikipedia

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    Here the father of the maloca community would be the Anaconda-ancestor of the whole group and his sons the ancestors of its component clans. In real life too, the eldest son and senior brother is typically the maloca headman and quite often his younger brothers are dancers, chanters or shamans, sometimes in appropriate order of birth". [116]