FINAL Flashcards
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PATRILINEAL AND MATRILINEAL unlineal Descent?
Patrilineal focuses on the father side while matrilineal focuses on the mother or female side
Difference between descent and lineage
descent refers to an individual’s child or offspring while lineage refers to a line where’s one descent is traced.
what is groupthink
A process by which the members of a group ignore ways of thinking and plans of action that go against the group.
what is networks
Taking advantage of your connections with people who have connections to other people who can help you.
what is social aggregates
Do not significantly interact or identify with one another.
what is social categories?
People who share common characteristics.
Kinship by marriage definition
It refers to the type of relations developed when a marriage occurs.
what is endogamy
compulsory marriage in their own village, community, ethnic, social, or religious group.
what is exogamy
refers to a marriage custom where individual is required to marry outside their group.
what is monogamy
Marriage to only one male or female partner
what is polygamy
Marriage to more than one partner.
It can be Polygyny (a man has multiple female partners) and Polyandry (a woman has multiple male partners).
kinship by rituals definition
Compadrazgo, literally translated as “godparenthood” is a ritualized form of forging co-parenthood or family.
These people who were chosen by the biological parents to act as witnesses during baptism, confirmation and marriage, becomes the spiritual parents of the child.
_______ is considered the basic unit of social organization.
The family is considered the basic unit of social organization. It is made up of a group of individuals who are linked together by marriage, blood relations, or adoption.
A _______ is a type of family that is made up of a group of people who are united by social ties is usually made up of two adults and their socially recognized children.
A nuclear family is a type of family that is made up of a group of people who are united by social ties is usually made up of two adults and their socially recognized children.
A ________ is a type of family where the parents have a child or children from previous marital relationship but all the members stay and congregate to form a new family unit.
A blended family is a type of family where the parents have a child or children from previous marital relationship but all the members stay and congregate to form a new family unit.
what is a band
Is a typically formed by several families living together based on marriage ties, common descendants, friendship affiliations, and member usually have a common interest, or enemy.
Politically independent
Blood or affinity
Less hierarchical
Social and Political Status is a function of age and gender.
what is Informal Leadership
Accorded to member who possess certain skills and knowledge such as the gift of memory, hunting or healing skills, etc.
Reached by consensus
Small size of bands usually have this system
what is band fissioning
Some members of the band leave to create their own, which referred to as “social velocity”
Presence of social discord that the informal leader can no longer sustain
Practically, there is practically no band that remains intact.
what is tribe
A band that survives fissioning and social velocity, even as it experiences increasing population and a shift from a foraging and hunting community,
There is now a presence of multiple communities engaged in pastoral or horticultural forms of livelihood, eventually becomes a tribe.
Organized is through the presence of pantribal associations or referred to as “sodalities”. These come in the form of councils or tribal elders.
what is village headman
This person heads the tribe.
Does not a absolute political power
Derives his authority from having a senior position, coupled with an ability to force others to obey
what is chiefdoms
A political organization that is more defined
Formal leadership exists
Composed of a number of communities that is ruled by a permanent paramount chief coming form this elite family.
Power is inherited in chiefdoms
Heirarchical
Social classes exist
Class mobility also exist
what is simple chiefdoms
Characterized by a central village or community ruled by a single family
A number of smaller communities surround this smaller community with each being headed by a subsidiary leader subservient central leader
what is complex chiefdoms
Composed of several simple chiefdoms
This is a highly structured and hierarchical political system characterized by a class system
Lesser chiefs are obliged to give tribute to the paramount chief
In return the paramount chief performs rituals and performs functions, such as the conduct of symbolic redistribution of material goods, the awarding of titles, etc.
what is nations and states
Out of the breakdown of political organizations, what emerged was the presence of groups of people that shared a common history, language, traditions, customs, habits, and ethnicity
These groups are conscious of their identity and of their potential to become autonomous and unified referred to as nations