Final exam Flashcards
defines and classifies people in one way or another
kinship
chosen kin
fictive kin
related by birth
consanguinal kin
related by marriage
affinal kin
social and economic group consisting of people; one or more parent and their children
family
two generation family
nuclear
three or more generation family
extended
family that includes siblings, their spouses, and children
collateral
spousal pair
conjunal
women and children
non-conjunal
a family in which divorced or widowed people marry
blended
family you are raised in
family of orientation
family one establishes
family of procreation
“ancestry”
decent
a group comprised of a related linage
clans
socially approved sexual and economic relationship
marriage
marriage outside a group
exogamy
marriage within a group
endogamy
having one spouse
monogomy
having two or more spouses
polygamy
man with several wives
polygyny
woman with several husbands
polyandry
sons stay, daughters leave; married couples live with or near husbands family
patrilocal
daughters stay, sons leave; married couples live with or near wifes family
matrilocal
sons and daughters may leave, married couples live with or near wife or husbands family
ambilocal
the son and his wife live with or near his mothers brothers
avunculocal
sons and daughters leave; new residences are established
neolocal
small populations no leadership flexible high value on sharing and cooperation conflicts are rare
bands
larger population of horticulture
part time leader
lineage or clan memberships
authority used in conflict resolution
tribes
Largely populated
recognized leadership
regulates production, ect.
inter group warfare common
cheifdoms
centralized; many communities
leader has a lot of power
enforceable laws, judiciary
army
states
