Family, Kinship, and Marriage (Social Institution) | SOCIO 100 Flashcards
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Social Institution
Is considered a vital social institution for it is the foundation of the Nation (E.O No. 209 The Family Code of the Philippines).
Family
A group of people who are related by birth, marriage, adoption, and shared residence.
Family
A family that one is born into and grows up with, usually as a child of two parents.
Family Orientation
A family that is created through marriage, adoption, and other legal processes.
Family of Procreation
A family composed of parents and children.
Nuclear Family
A single-parent family is composed of a mother and her children.
Matrifocal
A single-parent family is composed of a father and his children.
Patrifocal
A single-parent family is composed of a mother and her children.
Conjugal
Parents and children co-reside with the other members of one parent’s family, also called avuncular.
Extended Family
Composed of the spouses and their children from a previous marriage.
Reconstituted or Blended Family
Is a type of family where a member is separated from the rest of the family due to employment, military service, sickness, etc.
Conditionally Separated Family
Is a type of family where one or more of its members live in different nations. This social phenomenon is prevalent in Philippine society due to overseas employment.
Transnational Family
Living together with children without marriage.
Cohabitation Family
Refers to human relations based on biological descent, marriage, and adoption.
Kinship
Basic and universal type of marriage
Kinship
A type of kinship that is said to be the actual blood relationship.
Consanguineous Kinship
A bond of marriage refers to the type of relations that develop when marriage occurs.
Affinal Kinship
A kinship that includes husband, wife, parents, and children.
Primary Kinship
A kinship that includes those kin that are related to primary kin of an individual.
Secondary Kinship
Refers to the origin or background of a person in terms of family or nationality. It is a biological relationship.
Descent
Lineage which is traced through males.
Patrilineal Descent
A method of tracing the lineage of children equally through ancestors of both mother and father.
Bilineal Descent
Lineage which is traced through females.
Matrilineal Descent
One in which the authority is vested in the oldest male in the family
Patriarchal
One in which the authority is vested in the mother.
Matriarchal
Equal sharing of practical responsibilities and decision-making by men and women.
Equalitarian
One in which the authority is vested in the mother due to the prolonged absence of the father.
Matricentric
Married couples are required to line up with the female or near the residence of the parents of the groom.
Patrilocal
A married couple lives with the family or near the residence of the parents of the bride.
Matrilocal
Newlyweds have the freedom to select where to live (either with or near the parents of the groom and bride.)
Bilocal
Newlyweds can decide independently where to live.
Neolocal
A special contract of permanent union between a man and a woman entered into by the law for the establishment of conjugal and family life. (FCP)
Marriage
A union between a man and a woman; an important social institution, wherein a man and a woman enter into family life.
Marriage
Refers to the marriage of a man of a woman.
Monogamy
Refers to the marriage of one person of one sex to a minimum of two persons of another sex.
Polygamy
Refers to the marriage of one female to two or more males
Polyandry
Refers to the marriage of one male to two or more females.
Polygyny
If the family does not have a son to preserve their surname, the prospective son-in-law adopts the family’s name of the bride’s parents before marriage; in doing so, the bride’s family name is not changed.
Adoptive Marriage
A man marries his deceased wife’s sister; sometimes called a sister-in-law marriage.
Sororate Marriage
A woman marries her deceased husband’s brother.
Levirate Marriage
In China, it is called MINGHUN, where a man is married to a deceased female. It happens more likely due to the growing shortage of females and that he maintains his status in society.
Ghost Marriage
The practice of marriage within a specific cultural group or social group.
Endogamy
The practice of marriage outside of a specific cultural group or specific group.
Exogamy
The practice of a woman marrying into a man of a social or cultural group that is equal to or higher than the caste that one was born into.
Hypergamy
The practice of a man marrying a woman of a higher class or higher social status than himself.
Hypogamy
