Chapter 6: Social Institutions Flashcards
refers to organized sets of elements such as beliefs, rules, practices, and relationships that exist to attain social order.
Social Institutions
Well established and structured relationships between groups of people that are considered fundamental components of a society’s culture
Social Institutions
elements of social institutions are defined differently by various perspectives. what are the 2 approaches
Institutional Approach
Relational Approach
A type of approach that tells us that social institutions are ordered sets of rules, norms, beliefs, or values that organize human behavior
Institiutional Approach
A type of approach that focuses on social relations rather than rules, normals, beliefs, or values.
Relational Approach
Examples of social institutions
-family
-economy
-education
-health
-religion
-other non-state institution
Considered a vital social institution
Family
He considered this social institution as having arisen from a man’s desire to leave something of himself behind
Family
According to this family is considered as the foundation of the nation
1987 Constitution
A group of people who are related by blood, marriage, and a shared residence.
Family
Why is family considered as a vital institution?
For the continuity or survival of humanity because it nurtures offspring from childhood into adulthood.
Kinds of Family
Nuclear families
Extended Families
Reconstituted Families
Also known as immediate families, are families that are composed of parents and children.
Nuclear families
Composed of a nuclear family and other relatives such as grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins.
Extended families
Composed of spouses and their children from a previous marriage
Reconstituted families
What is the basis of kinship?
family
A social structure defined by relations among individuals linked by blood or marriage ties.
Kinship
Has a significant influence in defining the social status of individuals in many societies.
Kinship
Kinship ties are based on descent and can be either
matrilineal
patrilineal
bilineal
Kinship by marriage
Affinity
Kinship by blood
Consaguinity
A kinship that one’s descent is based on the female line
Matrilineal