Ch. 8 Flashcards
Term used to describe a biological set of parents
Genitor
Term used to describe a social set of parents
Pater
A rule requiring marriage outside of a specified social or kinship group
Exogamy
A rule requiring marriage within a specified social or kinship group
Endogamy
A preferred form of marriage between either parallel or cross cousins
Preferential Cousin Marriage
The practice of a man marrying the widow of his deceased brother
Levirate
The practice of a woman marrying the husband of her deceased sister
Sororate
The marital practice of having only one spouse at a time
Monogamy
The marriage of a woman to two or more men at the same time
Polyandry
The marriage of man to two or more women at the same time
Polygyny
What is polygamy?
Having two or more spouses at the same time
What is polyamory?
Intimate relationships between three or more people at the same time
The transfer of goods from the groom’s lineage to the bride’s lineage to legitimize marriage
Bridewealth
Work or service performed for the bride’s family by the groom for a specified period of time either before or after the marriage
Bride Service
Goods or money transferred form the bride’s family to the groom or the groom’s family to legalize or legitimize marriage
Dowry
When the married couple lives or near the relatives of the husband’s father
Patrilocal residence
What is Matrilocal residence?
The married couple lives with or near the relatives of the wife
The married couple lives with or near the husband’s mother’s brother
Avunculocal residence
The married couple has a choice of living with either the relatives of the wife or the relatives of the husband
Ambilocal residence
What’s a Neolocal residence?
The married couple establishes an independent place of residence away from the relatives of either spouse
The family unit composed of a wife, husband, and children
Nuclear Family
The family that includes, in one household, relatives in addition to a nuclear family
Extended Family
Relationships between people based on blood or marriage
Kinship
What are the 8 principles of Kinship classification?
Generation
Sex/Gender
Lineality/Collaterality
Blood vs. Marriage (Consanguineal vs. Affinal)
Relative age
Sex/gender of the connecting relative
Social Condition
Side of the family
Descent traced through either a male line or female line, but not both
Unilineal Descent
A form of descent in which people trace their primary kin connections through their mothers
Matrilineal Descent Group
A form of descent in which people trace their primary kin relationships through their fathers
Patrilineal Descent Group
A system of governance whereby women rule over men or are empowered to make decisions over men
Matriarchy
A form of descent in which a person chooses to affiliate with a kin group through either the male or the female line
Ambilineal Descent
A type of kinship system in which individuals emphasize both their mothers kin and their father’s kin relatively equally
Bilateral Descent
