Final - Chapter 13 Family and Religion

Question 1

Kinship

Answer 1

Kinship - social bond based on common ancestry, marriage, or adoption.

Marriage - A legal relationship, usually involving economic cooperation, sexual activity, and childbearing.

Family - A social institution found in all societies that unites people in cooperative groups to care for one another, including any children.

Question 2

Nuclear versus Extended Family

Answer 2

Nuclear Family - a family composed of one or two parents and their children. (AKA conjugal family)

Extended Family - a family composed of parents and children as well as other kin. (AKA consanguine family)

Question 3

Endogamy versus Exogamy

Answer 3

Endogamy - marriage between people of the same social category.

Exogamy - marriage between people of different social categories.

Question 4

Monogamy versus Polygamy

Answer 4

Monogamy - Marriage that unites two partners.

Polygamy - marriage that unites a person with two or more spouses.

• Polygyny - Marriage that unites one man and two or more women.
• Polyandry - Marriage that unites one woman and two or more men.

Question 5

Residential Patterns

Answer 5

1. patrilocality - live with husband’s family.
2. matrilocality - live with wives family.
3. neo-locality - live apart from both families.

Question 6

Patterns of Descent

Answer 6

Descent refers to the system by which members of a society trace kinship over generations.

Patrilineal - tracing kinship through men.
Matrilineal - tracing kinship through women.
Bilateral - tracing kinship through both men and women.