Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

anthropology kinship > chapter 7- marriage, family and kinship > Flashcards

chapter 7- marriage, family and kinship Flashcards

0
Q

incest taboo

A

a prohibition on sexual relations between relatives

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
1
Q

what is marriage?

A

the customs, rules and obligations that establish a socially endorsed relationship between adults and children, and between the kin groups of the married partners

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

exogamy

A

a rule specifying that a person must marry outside a particular group

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

endogamy

A

a rule prescribing that a person must marry within a particular group

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

cross-cousin marriage

A

marriage between the children of a parents siblings of the opposite sex. (mother’s brother, fathers sister).

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

levirate

A

the custom whereby a man marries the widow of a deceased brother

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

sororate

A

the custom whereby when a man’s wife dies, her sister is given to him as a wife

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

monogamy

A

a rule that permits a person to be married to only one spouse at a time

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

polygamy

A

a rule allowing more than one spouse at a time

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

polygyny

A

a rule permitting a man to have more than one wife at a time

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

polyandry

A

a rule permitting a woman to have more than one husband at a time

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

arranged marriage

A

the process by which senior family members exercise a great degree of control over the choice of their childrens spouses

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

bride service

A

the cultural rule that a man must work for his bride’s family for a variable length of time either before or after the marriage

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

bridewealth

A

goods presented by grooms kin to the brides kin to legitimize a marriage 9 (formerly called “bride price”)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

dowry

A

presentation of goods by the brides kin to the family of the groo, or to the couple

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

nuclear family

A

a family organized around the conjugal tie - basically a husband wife, and their children

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

conjugal tie

A

the relationship between a husband and wife formed by marriage

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

extended family

A

family based on blood relations extending over three or more generations

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

consanguineal

A

related by blood

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

neolocal residence

A

system under which a couple establishes an independent household after marriage

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

patrilocal residence

A

system under which a bride lives with her husbands family after marriage

21
Q

matrilocal residence

A

system under which a husband lives with his wife’s family after marriage

22
Q

avunculocal residence

A

system under which a married couple lives with the husband’s mother’s brother

23
Q

bilocal residence

A

system under which a married couple has the choice of living with the husband or wife’s fanily

24
Q

surrogate motherhood

A

a variety of reproductive technologies in which a woman helps a couple to have a child by acting as a biological surrogate carrying an embryo to term

25
Q

kinship

A

a culturally defined relationship on the basis of blood ties or through marriage

26
Q

kinship system

A

the totality of kin relations, kin groups, and terms for classifying kin in a society

27
Q

inheritance

A

the transfer of a property between generations

28
Q

succession

A

the transfer of office or social position between generations

29
Q

descent

A

the culturally established affiliation between a child or one or both parents

30
Q

descent group

A

a group of kin who are descendants of a common ancestor, extending beyond two generations

31
Q

unilineal descent

A

a rule specifying that membership in a descent group is based on links through either the maternal line or the paternal line but not both

32
Q

corporate descent group

A

permanent kinship groups that have an existence beyond the individuals who are members at any given time

33
Q

lineage

A

a group of kin whose members trace descent from a known common ancestor

34
Q

patrilineage

A

a lineage formed by descent in the male line

35
Q

matrilineage

A

a lineage formed by descent in the female line

36
Q

clan

A

a unilineal kinship group whose members believe themselves to be descended from a common ancestor but who can not trace this link through known relatives

37
Q

patrilineal descent

A

a rule that affiliates a person to kin of both genders related through males only

38
Q

matrilineal decsent

A

a rule that affiliates a person to kin of both genders related through females only

39
Q

double descent

A

the tracing of descent through both matrilineal and patrilineal links, each of which is used for diff purposes.

40
Q

nonunilineal (cognatic) descent

A

any system of descent in which both father’s and mother’s lineages have equal claim to the individual

41
Q

bilateral descent

A

system of descent under which individuals are equally affiliated with their mother’s and their father’s descent group

42
Q

kindred

A

a unique kin network made up of all the people related to a specific individual in a bilateral kinship system

43
Q

kinship terminology

A

the words used to identify different categories of kin in a particular culture

44
Q

ambilineal descent

A

a form of bilateral descent in which an individual may choose to affiliate with either the father’s or mother’s descent group

45
Q

ego

A

the person from whose perspective the kinship chart is viewed

46
Q

“all of kin” by carol stock

A

did field work in african american community and discovered that they make artificial kinship ties for survival

47
Q

collateral kin

A

kin descended from a common ancestor but not in a direct ascendant or descendant line , such as siblings and cousins

48
Q

affinal

A

relatives by marriage, in-laws

49
Q

bifurcation

A

a principle of classifying kin under which different kinship terms are used for the mother’s side of the family and the fathers side of the family

anthropology kinship (1 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions