Kinship Flashcards
What are social aggregates?
People that happen to be together in a particular place, but do not significantly interact or identify with one another
ex. watching cinema, people at a concert
What are social categories?
People who share common characteristics but do not necessarily interact or identify with one another
ex. gender, LGBTQIA+
What is a social group?
People who regularly interact with one another on the basis of shared expectations concerning behaviour and who share a sense of common identity
ex. family, political parties, class groups
What are the types of social groups?
- primary group
- secondary group
- reference group
What is a primary group?
First person you interact with, typically small social group whose members share close, personal relationships
ex. families, childhood friends
What is a secondary group?
Can be small or large, mostly impersonal and usually short-term
ex. political parties, schoolmates, doctor-patient
What if a reference group?
Group we compare ourselves with, “identity association group”
ex. parents, siblings, teachers, peers
What is a network?
It is formed by the presence of social linkage invoked and availed by an individual for some personal, economic, religious, or political reasons
What is a groupthink?
A process in which the member/s of the group do not follow group consensus
What is a kinship?
It is a social institution that refers to relations formed between members of the society
Kinship by blood:
What is consanguineal kinship?
It is kinship based on blood relations (kadugo)
ex. the relationship between a child and his parents
Kinship by blood:
What is descent?
It refers to biological relationship, also refers to an individual’s child or offspring
Kinship by blood:
What is lineage?
It refers to the line where one’s descent is traced
Types of kinship:
What is unilineal descent?
It is descent traced by most societies through a single line of ancestors from either the male or female line
Unilineal descent:
What is patrilineal descent?
It is when you trace your origins through the male line
Unilineal descent:
What is matrilineal descent?
It is when you trace your origins through the female line
Types of kinship:
What is bilateral descent?
It is the study of both parents’ ancestors, this is called nonunilineal or cognatic descent principle
Kinship by marriage:
What is affinal kinship?
It is kinship based on marriage refers to the type of relations developed when a marriage occurs
ex. in-laws
Kinship by marraige:
What is marriage?
It is an important social institution wherein two persons, a man and a woman enter into family life (Article 1 of the Family Code of the Philippines)
Marriage:
What is endogamy?
Also known as compulsory marriage, it happens when people marry in their own village, community, ethnic, social, or religious group
Marriage:
What is exogamy?
Otherwise known as out-marriage, it refers to a marriage custom where an individual is required by society’s norms and rules to marry outside of their own group, community or social class
Marriage:
What is monogamy?
It refers to marriage or sexual partnering custom or practice where an individual has only one male or female partner or mate
came from the Greek words monos and gamos which literally means “one union”
Marriage:
What is polygamy?
It refers to the practice of having more than one partner or sexual mate
Polygamy:
What is polygyny?
A man has multiple female partners
Polygamy:
Polyandry
A woman has multiple male partners
Post-marital tradition rules:
What is the neolocal form of residence?
It is when couples would settle independently and build a home that is independent from the place of residence of both of their parents
Post-marital tradtional rules:
What is the patrilocal rule of residence?
It occurs when married couples stay in the house of the husband’s relatives or near the husband’s kin
Post-marital traditional rules:
What is the matrilocal rule of residence?
It occurs when married couples stay in the house of the wife’s relatives or near the wife’s kin
Post-marital traditional rules:
What is the biolocal rule of residence?
It happens when the newlywed couple stay with the husband’s relatives and the wife’s kin alternately
Marriage:
What is referred marriage?
It is when matchmakers help their single friends or relative to find their possible husband or wife by referring them to other people who are also interested in finding a life partner
Marriage:
What is an arranged/fixed marriage?
Usually done by parents of the bride and groom, it is done to ensure that the person will marry the most appropriate person according to the rules set by family, community or religious group
Types of arranged marriage:
What is child marriage?
It happens when parents arrange for the marriage of their child long before the marriage takes place
Types of arranged marriage:
What is exchange marriage?
There is reciprocal exchange of spouses between two countries, tribes, or groups
Marriage:
What is a diplomatic marriage?
Occurs when an arranged marriage has been established between two royal or political families in order to forge political alliance
Marriage:
What is a modern arranged marriage?
The child’s parents with the consent of the child, choose from several possible mates. The two children will then be given a short time to get to know each other, after which the child will choose whom he or she will marry
Kinship by rituals:
What is COMPADRAZGO?
It is a ritualized form of forging co-parenthood or family done through baptism, confirmation, or marriage
literally translated as “god parenthood”
Family and the household:
What is family?
It is the basic unit of social organization made up of a group of individuals who are linked together by marriage, blood relations, or adoption
constitutes a single household with social roles such as mother, wife
Dom Toretto
Different definitions of family:
According to George Peter Murdock, the family is a social group that has what following characteristics?
- Share common residence
- Presence of economic cooperation
- Reproduce offspring
- Responsible for the socialization of infants and children
Family and household:
What is a one-person household?
It refers to an arrangement in which one person makes provision for his food or other essentials for living without combining with any other person
ex. living alone
Family and household:
What is a multi-person household?
It refers to two or more persons living together who make common provision for food or other essentials for living
ex. family
Family:
What is a nuclear family?
A type of family that is made up of a group of people who are united by social ties and is usually made up of two adults and their socially recognized children
TL;DR: the immediate family/parents and children
Family:
What is an extended family?
It is a type of family whose members go beyond the nuclear family
Family:
What is a blended family?
It is a type of family where the parents have a child or children from previous marital relationships but all the members stay and congregate to form a new family
aka a step family, reconstituted family or complex family
that Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler movie
Kinship of politics:
What are political dynasties?
It happens when politicians elected in public offices and government positions are relatives
