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Lisa and james volunteer as a host family in a foreign exchange student program at the local university. they provide accommodation, food, and a family environment to an exchange student. they volunteer to experience a new culture and at the same time provide a new cultural experience to the student. the relationship between them and the exchange student exemplifies a(n) ________.

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The answer for this question is: Fictive kinship
In sociology, fictive kinship refers to the social ties that is formed to the point where two persons acknowledge each other as a brother/sister even though they do not possess any form of blood relations.
Usually, people form this kind of ties after experiencing hardship together.
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