5: Understanding Culture Flashcards
Family is defined by sociologists ______________ as a group of persons united by ties of marriage, blood or adoption constituting a single household interacting with each other in their respective social roles of husband and wife, mother and father, brother and sister creating a common culture.
Ernest Burgess and Harvey Lock
used to refer to the interdependence of parts in groups within our society today.
Social Organization
families that consist of parents and children.
Nuclear families
are composed of the nuclear family plus other relatives: grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins.
Extended families
refer to families composed of spouses and their children from a previous marriage.
Reconstituted families
a system of social organization which is based on real or recognized family ties. It is a universal human phenomenon that takes various cultural forms.
Kinship
refers to one’s relationship with other people through blood.
Consanguineous Kinship
this kinship is descent based on the female line.
Matrilineal kinship
this kinship is based on the male line.
Patrilineal kinship
is a descent system that consists of both male and female lines.
Bilineal kinship
refers to the bond that is formed through marriage
Affinal Kinship
Marriage creates various relationships which are called
affinal kin
means that a person is married to one person only
Monogamy
means that a person has more than one spouse at a time. This is common among Islamic societies.
Polygamy
a wife can have many husbands. This was a common practice in Ancient India.
Polyandry
a privileged social relationship established by a ritual
Kinship by Ritual
person’s relationship with their godparents
Compadrazgoa
is the system of acknowledged social parentage, which varies from society to society.
Descent
refers to a succession of rulers from the same family or lineage.
Dynasty
had been existing throughout mankind’s history
Political dynasties
“The State shall guarantee equal access to opportunities for public service and prohibit political dynasties as may be defined by law.”
1987 Constitution, Article II, Section 26
Many have called for the Congress to pass the ____________, but the bill has been passed from one Congress to another since 1987. The most likely reason for this is the fact that many of the Congress members are from political dynasties themselves.
Anti-Dynasty Law
