Exam 2

Question 0

Ethic of kinship

Answer 0

Universal rule which states that you should be nice to your kinsmen and that you have rights and obligations towards eachother. “Blood is thicker than water”

Question 1

Kinship

Answer 1

How you classify and treat people around you. Provides a road map/model/template for interaction, kinship is the basis of social organization in many societies

Question 2

Consanguineal Kin

Answer 2

Relatives by birth. Ex - Mother, father, brother, sister

Question 3

Affinal Kin

Answer 3

Relatives by marriage. Ex - In laws

Question 4

Finctive Kin

Answer 4

Relationship between non-kin based on the ethic of kinship model (god parents)

Question 5

Eskimo Kinship system

Answer 5

What we use.

Question 6

Iroquois

Answer 6

Used by yanomamo. Mothers sister is also mom, and dads mom daughter is wife.

Question 7

Arranged marriages

Answer 7

Can be employed as part of a families strategy for sociopolitical and economic advancement.

Question 8

Monogamy

Answer 8

One husband and one wife (western world)

Question 9

Polygny

Answer 9

One man, multiple women. In new gunia most societies allow but only high status males have multiple wives. (women that raise pigs have more prestige)

Question 10

Polyandry

Answer 10

One wife, multiple husbands. (Tibetan example - Brothers share a wife and all share equal sexual access to her)

Question 11

Endogamy

Answer 11

Must marry within the group. Orthodox Jews

Question 12

Exogamy

Answer 12

Must marry outside the group. Can be exceptions for very powerful people.

Question 13

Neolocal

Answer 13

Couples move into a new household

Question 14

Patrilocal

Answer 14

Couples move in with husbands family

Question 15

Matrlocal

Answer 15

Couple moves in with wife’s family

Question 16

Dowry

Answer 16

Wealth moves from brides family in marriage. Woman must bring wealth with her into the marriage, found in societies where women are economic burdens

Question 17

Brideprice

Answer 17

Wealth moves from the grooms family. Pigs, camels, goats are given as compensation for the loss of a laborer. Found in societies where women are viewed as economic assets.

Question 18

Levirate

Answer 18

Man dies, so brother get the right to marry the widower

Question 19

Sororate

Answer 19

Woman dies, so sister marries the husband.

Question 20

Family

Answer 20

Social institution, found in all societies, unites individuals into cooperative groups that over see the bearing and raising of children

Question 21

Nuclear family

Answer 21

Family unit composed of one or two parents and children. Good=Independence Bad=Vulnerability, must pay for day care

Question 22

Extended Family

Answer 22

Family unit that includes parents and children as well as other kind. Typical of intensive agricultural societies. Good=Large safety net, lots of free labor. Bad=less independence, and conflict